Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Faculty development can include HyFlex training to optimize this balance.

Faculty Development 84

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 84

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Unfortunately, across the board, educators have not been prepared to teach well with technology, let alone teach remotely with technology. In some teacher preparation programs, pre-service teachers are not provided with any opportunities to engage with technology in meaningful ways.

Teaching 218

Teaching Disabilities Evaluation Internet 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

On top of all that, instructional designers are also expected to have in-depth knowledge of the learning sciences, instructional-design theories and faculty development. This results in working long hours, lacking time for professional development and constantly trying to just keep up.

Education 217

Education Hybrid Courses Motivation Faculty Development 217

Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

The higher education landscape is dotted with opportunities to connect with and learn from fellow colleagues, faculty, developers and entrepreneurs, all working on new ideas and tools to support teaching and learning. EdSurge also regularly hosts meetups and workshops on online learning and higher education technology.

Instructors 139

Instructors Faculty Development Feedback Study 139

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

have signed petitions calling on their colleges to stop using automated proctoring tools, meaning that the technology has become arguably the most controversial tool of the pandemic at colleges. There are plenty of things students complain about, but no other educational technology has drawn as much organized protest in recent months.

Plagiarism 218

Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2017

To whatever extent an educational technology is considered neutral, there are better and worse ways of putting it into practice. When the university first developed and deployed a new advising system , it also invested in people. In this, Georgia State University is exemplary.

Ethics 144

Ethics Faculty Development Students Instructors 144

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

She specializes in faculty development and training, distance education, and instructional design. The post Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

ask the authors, Zach Justus, director of faculty development at California State University, Chico, and Nik Janos, a professor of sociology there. “A student who reads an article you uploaded, but who cannot remember a key point, uses the AI assistant to summarize or remind them where they read something.

Study 212

Study Lecturing Instructors Students 212

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

BMCC associate professors of English Joe Bisz and Carlos Fernandez stimulated the formation of CGN when they were awarded a 2007/08 CUNY faculty development grant to study how. Can a Classic Board Game Teach Writing Skills?

Game-Based Learning 163

Game-Based Learning STEM Math English 163

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

For some students, the technology sector offers one career pathway to keep up with the rapidly changing economy and landscape, according to a group of panelists at an EdSurge meetup in Oakland, Calif. When it comes to higher ed, it’s increasingly hard on low-income families and students working to make ends meet on their path to a degree.

Students 146

Students Faculty Development Instructors Motivation 146

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Our administration has done well at communicating, and the faculty have done a really great job of moving online quickly. They've been really receptive to learning new technologies and being very patient with us as we're trying to assist all of them. Jennifer Albat: I feel our institution has done a really great job.

Accessibility 217

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 217

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Faculty Guild had about 40 college customers for its online faculty development service, which centered around placing faculty members in small virtual communities to guide them through improving their teaching techniques. But its pricing structure “did not scale well,” said Kim Thanos, CEO of Lumen Learning.

Coaching 135

Coaching Textbooks Instructors Faculty Development 135

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

And so a number of individuals, including Daniel Stanford, who's the director of faculty development and technology innovation at the Center for Teaching and Learning at DePaul University. He's put together a whole spreadsheet that's curated from institutions from all around.

Instructors 207

Instructors Teaching Multiple Choice Questions Ethics 207

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Currently, she is working as a senior faculty development specialist at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Qatar University.

Authentic Assessment 133

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

She specializes in faculty development and training, distance education, and instructional design. The post Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

When I talked with Josh Eyler, director of faculty development and director of the think forward quality enhancement plan at the University of Mississippi, about the problem with grades on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, he urged us to recognize that: “The more we focus on grades, the less we focus on learning.”

Assignments 196

Assignments Grades History Ethics 196

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

Additionally, I am responsible for leading our faculty development team and teaching classes of my own. Most LMSs can be set up to integrate with external tools, making it easy to make use of preferred educational technologies without students having to remember another login and learn an entirely different system.

Teaching 198

Teaching Assignments Ethics Grades 198

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

She has published several papers in international journals on topics such as teacher beliefs, curriculum design, and technology integration in the classroom. Currently, she works in faculty development at the Excellence in Teaching and Learning Center at Qatar University.

Evaluation 102

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 102

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Your model is small, not some project that hopes for mass scale through technology. We have a sustainable financial model once we're up and running, which means we have a few years where you're growing and adding students and you have faculty development and things like that, so [we needed] startup costs.

Education 159

Education Syllabus Faculty Development Communication 159

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.

Teaching 122

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

She has published several papers in international journals on topics such as teacher beliefs, curriculum design, and technology integration in the classroom. Currently, she works in faculty development at the Excellence in Teaching and Learning Center at Qatar University.

Evaluation 96

Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 96

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Currently, she is working as a senior faculty development specialist at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Qatar University.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Now offering 28 pathways in Health & Human Services, Information Technology, Business, Agriculture, and Manufacturing and the Trades. Destinations serves school districts with flexible CTE solutions to get students “future-ready” for a changing job market, providing career exploration, real-world experience, and certification prep.

Instructors 178

Instructors Beliefs Confidentiality Discussions 178

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

This was invented by Linda Nilson, who's a legendary faculty developer and thought leader about teaching and learning. All human learning that's significant is based on feedback loops, except in school. I guess my favorite alternative form of grading is called specifications grading.

Grades 201

Grades Exams Feedback Testing 201

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Thanks to Josh Eyler, director of the Center for Faculty Development at Rice University, and Matt Salamone, associate professor of mathematics at Bridgewater State University for suggesting that. Salamone also recommended the Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse, which looks fantastic.

Writing 154

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 154

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The discussion tackled plenty of thorny issues facing K-12 and college instructors these days, including how to respond to pressures to ban books in schools, how to make classrooms a welcoming place for debate as schools and colleges grow more diverse, and how to respond to misinformation that students bring to classroom conversations.

History 175

History Culture Discussions High School 175

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers. Faculty need empathetic support as they adapt to the technologies encroaching upon their familiar pedagogies.

Learning 116

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 116

Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

In addition, she has interests in innovative faculty development and evaluation models, teaching and learning analytics, emergent instructional technology, and faculty workload considerations. Mandernach is an active researcher, author, presenter, and consultant in the field of online education.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Assignments Instructors Students 98

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2016

At EdSurge we’ve heard inspiring stories of faculty developing digital learning environments that take students to virtual medical labs and outer space and into the inner workings of cells. Still others are pioneering wearable technologies to blend physical and virtual classrooms.

Learning 76

Learning Beliefs Faculty Development Feedback 76

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2020

When our faculty develop courses, it’s like something at the Culinary Institute of America—gourmet meals. What we’re learning is we also have a lot of faculty that are really nervous about this,” he adds. They’re not comfortable with the technology.” We’ve won awards for our online teaching.

Lecturing 104

Lecturing Disabilities Faculty Development Instructors 104

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Lightboard technology was invented by Michael Peshkin (Rogers and Botnaru, 2019). A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards serve as a potential technology to fill this void in asynchronous online courses.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

Provide guidance from my experience as a teacher and faculty developer and reach out to others when my expertise is lacking. Focus on the joy and the pain that can come from the pursuit of good teaching. Celebrate with you when things go well and mourn with you when they do not turn out as you wished.

Art 113

Art Science Teaching Mobile Devices 113

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.

Teaching 98

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers. Faculty need empathetic support as they adapt to the technologies encroaching upon their familiar pedagogies.

Learning 111

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

Over time, we could build a practical library of “what works” that faculty could draw from, including analyses explaining why certain assignments succeed with particular student populations and learning objectives.

Assignments 80

Assignments Testing Course Design Writing 80

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Lightboard technology was invented by Michael Peshkin (Rogers and Botnaru, 2019). A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards serve as a potential technology to fill this void in asynchronous online courses.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Simply stated, both encourage technology and digital tools to improve student experience and student outcomes. We share, too, the need to bring technology to scale in a classroom environment of adult learners. To us, success in adaptive technology in one institution can help to motivate success in another. Setting the Stage.

Learning 73

Learning Curriculum Design Faculty Development Discussions 73