Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. The class was a required course in my field that I would go on to be responsible for teaching as a graduate student and, later, as a professor. Kind of wild that I never actually received instruction in the course, myself.)

Syllabus 131

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Of course, many of us went into this profession because we wanted to do creative work and care deeply about the student learning experience. This is increasingly leading to burnout in the field—just as colleges seek more and more instructional designers to build online and hybrid courses.

Education 218

Education Hybrid Courses Motivation Faculty Development 218

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2022

Trends, Tech Tools and Teaching Practices One of the top technological trends for colleges is the collection of student data, according to the report, although it notes that few institutions are using that information to bring about meaningful change. The spread of hybrid and online learning was named one of the top social trends.

Hybrid Learning 148

Hybrid Learning Essay Hybrid Courses Ethics 148

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. The class was a required course in my field that I would go on to be responsible for teaching as a graduate student and, later, as a professor. Kind of wild that I never actually received instruction in the course, myself.)

Syllabus 109

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 109

Gaggle Speaks

MAY 4, 2015

Technology is no longer limited to online and hybrid courses. Many classrooms are using a Learning Management System (LMS) and digital course materials even with traditional face-to-face learning. Some might still be skeptical, but technology is proving to have a positive impact on student performance.

Technology 104

Technology Hybrid Courses Teachers Instructors 104

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Faculty members expected the online programs would serve distance learners, while the in-person offering would be taken by local students. Yet according to Darr, who authored the report, they claimed that many local students in the DC metro area were choosing the online option instead.

Hybrid Courses 134

Hybrid Courses Instructors Online Learning Reading 134

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2024

What are you doing that truly engages your students? The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant growth in how often higher education institutions offer online coursework and provided K-12 schools with the chance to begin their journeys into allowing students to take online coursework. That is our first problem.

Hybrid Courses 124

Hybrid Courses Gamification Discussions Online Learning 124

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When Jack Musselman taught his first-ever online course this past spring, he missed seeing his students’ furrowed brows. The findings paint a complicated picture of whether online teaching can work for humanities courses at liberal arts colleges, and how much effort they take to produce.

Art 121

Art Study Teaching Lecturing 121

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. A case study illustrates these principles in practice, aligning with Faculty Focus’s mission to improve teaching and student success in higher education.

Faculty Development 90

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 90

Gaggle Speaks

MAY 8, 2015

Design is an important factor to student success, but with more classrooms expanding online, it’s worth considering how the design of learning spaces should begin to expand as well. More often than not, teachers utilize a Learning Management System (LMS) to incorporate an online component to their course.

Learning Spaces 83

Learning Spaces Hybrid Courses Learning Assignments 83

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. A case study illustrates these principles in practice, aligning with Faculty Focus’s mission to improve teaching and student success in higher education.

Faculty Development 84

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 84

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2024

What are you doing that truly engages your students? The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant growth in how often higher education institutions offer online coursework and provided K-12 schools with the chance to begin their journeys into allowing students to take online coursework. That is our first problem.

Hybrid Courses 85

Hybrid Courses Gamification Discussions Online Learning 85

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment.

Teaching 88

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 88

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

In a large classroom, instructors often face challenges in creating personal connections with students, maintaining attention, and ensuring active participation (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Students in smaller classes often feel more comfortable asking questions and engaging in discussions, fostering a collaborative learning environment.

Teaching 85

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 85

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2021

The world changed rapidly, and students and instructors adopted new tools and methods to pivot to online instruction virtually, and sometimes literally, overnight. As instructors gear up for a continuation of online and hybrid or socially distanced teaching, some questions to consider might include: Do students have personal computers to use?

Teaching 212

Teaching Instructors Hybrid Courses Lecturing 212

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

However, none of these became ubiquitous because of a lack of student engagement, extra workload on faculty, or some other reason that has kept the traditional lecture viable. Additionally, students can follow along virtually as instructors point out different structures. For example, Ardissone et al.

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 126

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

However, none of these became ubiquitous because of a lack of student engagement, extra workload on faculty, or some other reason that has kept the traditional lecture viable. Additionally, students can follow along virtually as instructors point out different structures. For example, Ardissone et al.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Split into two satellite campuses in South Texas—one in Edinburgh and another nearly 60 miles away in Brownsville—students and professors may commute more than an hour to get to their next class. and Mexico runs visibly through the far-side of campus, and some students live south of the border. In Brownsville, a fence dividing the U.S.

Hybrid Courses 148

Hybrid Courses Students Writing Instructors 148