Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

The collaboration consists of exploring future course content through think/pair/share exercises (sometimes writing a response on a small white board and holding it up) or responding to mini-research prompts. This is done to provide exposure of what we will be learning in the semester and to bridge connections from previously learned content.

Syllabus 124

Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 124

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. Enhancing Learning and Engagement through Group Work: Effective Strategies for Educations.

Assignments 107

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 107

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As instructors and students press pause for winter break, journalists at EdSurge are likewise taking some time away from writing and editing during the last week of 2023. We had a great talk about why group work is terrible and how to fix it, so check out the Q&A if you haven’t already.)

Reading 147

Reading Essay Instructors Culture 147

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

The collaboration consists of exploring future course content through think/pair/share exercises (sometimes writing a response on a small white board and holding it up) or responding to mini-research prompts. This is done to provide exposure of what we will be learning in the semester and to bridge connections from previously learned content.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts. Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for college instructors. 2014; Agarwal, 2019). Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI. Nilson, L.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

The Delivery Next comes the delivery of new learning, which can be achieved through various methods such as assigned readings, live or pre-recorded lectures, class discussions, flipped classroom activities, or small group work. Summary Statement Finally, an effective class concludes with a strategy to summarize key points.

Counselling 90

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 90

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

To implement the first piece of CAKE, care, we suggest an instructor take some time to implement this strategy. Instructors can provide sheets with an outline of a blank hand/palm or ask students to use the drawing function on their device as an option. Trace boundaries around your fingers and palm to create an outline of your hand.

Confidentiality 92

Confidentiality Instructors Motivation Writing 92

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. Enhancing Learning and Engagement through Group Work: Effective Strategies for Educations.

Assignments 89

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 89

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2023

The shift to emergency remote teaching in 2020 was a challenging time for students and instructors. However, we think that it would be a mistake to abandon the accommodating policies many instructors have adopted. The exercises are relatively short (e.g.,

Student Engagement 102

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Exams 102

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts. Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for college instructors. 2014; Agarwal, 2019). Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI. Nilson, L.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

One is having students approach me before the semester telling me how they hate group work, and they wouldn’t have chosen the class except that they’ve heard how great it is and how positive previous cohorts have found this group work task. I Hate Group Work!”: 2018, García et al., 2016, Gleadow et al.,

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

Here are some things I have tried: Games : It is no secret that people enjoy playing games and it is no secret that many instructors have already successfully employed games in their classes. No bar drinks here but doing a fun group quiz is a great way to rally the class around an informal lesson review. I also give out little prizes.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

Here are some things I have tried: Games : It is no secret that people enjoy playing games and it is no secret that many instructors have already successfully employed games in their classes. No bar drinks here but doing a fun group quiz is a great way to rally the class around an informal lesson review. I also give out little prizes.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

The Delivery Next comes the delivery of new learning, which can be achieved through various methods such as assigned readings, live or pre-recorded lectures, class discussions, flipped classroom activities, or small group work. Summary Statement Finally, an effective class concludes with a strategy to summarize key points.

Counselling 68

Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 68

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

One cannot have a community of learners without having a positive instructional climate,” writes Alexa Darby, a psychology professor at Elon University. Instructors help to create this climate by everything that they do, from the way they respond to student questions to the arrangement of the classroom chairs.”. by Eli Zimmerman.

Schools 166

Schools Elementary School Elementary School Teaching Methods 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2024

A Student and a Teacher Try to Untangle Why Group Work Is, Well, Terrible By Nadia Tamez-Robledo This one hits close to home, and it’s thrilling to see that the topic of group work resonated with so many readers. But education is rigid, he writes, and it demands the whole of teachers’ time and energy.

Essay 161

Essay Lecturing History Group work 161

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Arrive early to make sure the technology is working properly and greet students as they enter the virtual classroom. This also helps with a problem instructors seem to face with online synchronous classes—students being on camera.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Arrive early to make sure the technology is working properly and greet students as they enter the virtual classroom. This also helps with a problem instructors seem to face with online synchronous classes—students being on camera.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98