Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Write your own GenAI policy to include in your syllabus.

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Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In-person instruction In-person instruction is the teaching and learning that happens when the students and instructor are together in a physical space. It also offers students more time to engage deeply with the class content because they are not required to respond in real time to the instructors’ prompts. link] Vallée, A.,

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Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. Then, the instructor proceeds to conduct a short lecture where course materials such as the syllabus, slides, or videos might be shared with everyone through a QR code (see Figure 1).

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Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

Competence with technology is essential Faculty need to be competent in technology and learning management systems, as well as have access to a reliable internet to engage in online education (Nabolsi et al., Faculty need to start with the basics.

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Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

In-person instruction In-person instruction is the teaching and learning that happens when the students and instructor are together in a physical space. It also offers students more time to engage deeply with the class content because they are not required to respond in real time to the instructors’ prompts. link] Vallée, A.,

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2023

Competence with technology is essential Faculty need to be competent in technology and learning management systems, as well as have access to a reliable internet to engage in online education (Nabolsi et al., Faculty need to start with the basics.

Learning 98

Learning Syllabus Assignments Communication 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

That’s when we really started getting calls from frustrated instructors at community colleges who said, ‘I have a big problem. Commercial texts and tools make it too easy for some faculty to outsource their teaching and course design, Smith says, although he’s empathetic to part-time instructors whose workloads outweigh their resources.

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Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

Blogs 7 missteps university leaders must avoid in their AI approach Every historic innovation that has shaped the way people access and use knowledge, from the printing press to the internet, has brought transformative changes to universities. For instructors, this means devising assignments that incorporate AI but push beyond its limits.

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Plagiarism Instructors Evaluation Academic Integrity 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

During two intense hours, three adult students and an instructor read aloud from the “Odyssey.” Or,” the instructor counters, “it’s a healthy response to a guest who seems emotionally laden.” It’s the moment, the instructor says, when “you get at what’s at stake.” Seminars are free, and instructors volunteer.

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Art Instructors Study Reading 218

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class.

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Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Attach your class syllabus (if ready) Encourage students to reach out to you if they have any questions and identify the best method for them to do this—email, phone, Learning Management System, etc. The syllabus is great way to show your positive and encouraging bedside manner to the class.

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Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Children, given access to the internet in groups, can learn anything by themselves,” said the the Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication, and Language Sciences at Newcastle University. MANY TOO MANY: What is the internet doing to us? Here’s what else we saw on Day 2.

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Syllabus Instructors Internet Language 141