Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

In picking a visualization, make sure students have experience with it as a necessary knowledge base on which to build their applications for greater retained learning. You will get some pushbacks, but you should explain in class at the beginning of the semester why this will work better for everyone in the end.

Student Engagement 84

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 84

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

A few others that are simple to use include: Padlet : a virtual corkboard that students and instructors can use to post text, photos, and links. Dropbox Paper or Google Docs : these mainstream collaborative word-processing tools let instructors invite students to collaborate on assignments or group work.

Instructors 166

Instructors Syllabus Peer Review Students 166

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

In picking a visualization, make sure students have experience with it as a necessary knowledge base on which to build their applications for greater retained learning. You will get some pushbacks, but you should explain in class at the beginning of the semester why this will work better for everyone in the end.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 52

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

We may not have a storefront window to attract attention, but we do have something that students see before the start of the semester that can grab their attention, set the tone, and get them excited about entering the class…your syllabus! Students often perceive this course document to be dry and lengthy (perhaps a justified opinion).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

We may not have a storefront window to attract attention, but we do have something that students see before the start of the semester that can grab their attention, set the tone, and get them excited about entering the class…your syllabus! Students often perceive this course document to be dry and lengthy (perhaps a justified opinion).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

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

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 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111