Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

However, ethnic culture goes beyond identity and significantly shapes the learning process. The ACCCE model is a framework for applying culturally responsive teaching practices for meaningful learning outcomes (Plotts, 2022). A Model for Strategic Thinking and Learning. link] Commander, N. About Campus, 8 (2), 23-25.

Culture 130

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 130

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. Banning GenAI tools is not the solution Many students use GenAI tools to aid their learning.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This is critical work. Analyze your course policies (i.e.,

Syllabus 103

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 103

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Collaborating with students through student-faculty partnerships is one way to foster an asset-based mindset t hat draws on students’ linguistically diverse resources as tools for learning and growth in and beyond the classroom. What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g., 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020).

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010). Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

However, ethnic culture goes beyond identity and significantly shapes the learning process. The ACCCE model is a framework for applying culturally responsive teaching practices for meaningful learning outcomes (Plotts, 2022). A Model for Strategic Thinking and Learning. link] Commander, N. About Campus, 8 (2), 23-25.

Culture 111

Culture Syllabus Critical Thinking Intelligence 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Using and copying a master course will support new educators, retain course quality across sections, and help meet course learning outcomes (CLOs) and program learning outcomes (PLOs) as it will guide educators on what they need to teach and do each session. References Educause Learning Initiative (ELI).

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2023

To do this, review your late assignment plan, your syllabus, and other policies for ways to increase your compassion and trust in students. ” Ted Lasso I reviewed the learning outcomes and assessment practices to ensure the assignments and outcomes were relevant and practical to their professional experiences.

Teaching 119

Teaching Assignments Syllabus Counselling 119

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

Using and copying a master course will support new educators, retain course quality across sections, and help meet course learning outcomes (CLOs) and program learning outcomes (PLOs) as it will guide educators on what they need to teach and do each session. References Educause Learning Initiative (ELI).

Exams 98

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 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.

Textbooks 117

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 117

Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In learner-centered pedagogical practices, the focus and attention is on learning what and how the student is learning (Weimer, 2013). Instead the spaces are collaborative environments where instructors must use multiple pedagogical techniques to facilitate learning (Boss & Linder, 2016).

Teaching 52

Teaching Syllabus Instructors Problem-Based Learning 52

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class. As instructors, we should prepare to rock the first day of class every semester as we introduce ourselves and our content to a new cohort of students.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class. As instructors, we should prepare to rock the first day of class every semester as we introduce ourselves and our content to a new cohort of students.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Students met with instructors online via web conference platforms such as Webex or Zoom, working towards preset schedules, mandatory participation , and attendance according to required structures. I use a standard weekly structure using learning modules.

Universal Design 116

Universal Design Course Design Learning Syllabus 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

While we should challenge students to think about topics outside their comfort zones, this challenge should be met with appropriate support on behalf of the instructor (see Saucier et al., 2022), and creating a more inclusive learning space for students with trauma (Lockhart, 2016). 2022 for discussion of empathetic course design).

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

While we should challenge students to think about topics outside their comfort zones, this challenge should be met with appropriate support on behalf of the instructor (see Saucier et al., 2022), and creating a more inclusive learning space for students with trauma (Lockhart, 2016). 2022 for discussion of empathetic course design).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111