Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

Reimagining the traditional “syllabus day” to an engaged “preview day” provides an opportunity to set a desired tone for the semester. In the final 20 minutes of class, I tend to shift focus to the syllabus. Since I reimagined “syllabus day” to “preview day,” I have seen some positive outcomes.

Syllabus 124

Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 124

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

Reimagining the traditional “syllabus day” to an engaged “preview day” provides an opportunity to set a desired tone for the semester. In the final 20 minutes of class, I tend to shift focus to the syllabus. Since I reimagined “syllabus day” to “preview day,” I have seen some positive outcomes.

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 110

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Group work in face-to-face classes can be challenging as it is,” Parra said. But bringing it into an online setting adds that extra layer of technology challenge and collaboration-skill challenge.” In the end she builds the final syllabus based on their suggestions.

Culture 154

Culture Teaching Syllabus English 154

Gaggle Speaks

APRIL 20, 2015

Today’s classroom is filled with learners with different skill sets , requiring varying levels of attention. Group Work. Breaking students up into smaller groups is always a good way to make instruction and learning more palatable. But differentiated instruction isn’t always the simplest plan to implement.

Syllabus 104

Syllabus Assignments Learning Styles Group work 104

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Group Trivia: I end our first-class session with some trivia questions for students to answer in small groups of 4-to-5 students. Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:

Exams 116

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals.

Plagiarism 118

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 118

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

After a handful of meetings, we identified a great opportunity to pursue a SoTL project in our classes that tasks students with using specific skills, taking ownership of their content, learning and growing together, and most of all seeing how an event in the past can influence community health in the future.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Science History Communication 105