Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. But the term experiential learning is sometimes used interchangeably with applied learning, which runs the risk of clouding the specific benefits of each approach.

Instructors 103

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 103

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Teaching my students about goals has become something of a crusade. Since the act of goal-writing necessitates an overall understanding of the course and its assignments, along with an analysis of their own strengths and weaknesses, students have to take an active part in their learning from the beginning of the course.

Writing 115

Writing Teaching Assignments Essay 115

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As a bit of a too-long-didn’t-read (TLDR), I worked as a K-12 educator, an instructional developer, and a post-secondary instructor. How have my various experiences influenced my teaching philosophy, and which principles do I rely on to inform my interactions and collaboration with learners? online chat, discussion boards).

Feedback 111

Feedback Secondary Education Teaching Philosophy Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

No matter how hard I tried, I couldnt recall learning any of the material. My Learning Experience: From a Model Student to Getting Lost I grew up in China in the 1980s as the only child of factory workers. In my mind, the purpose of learning was to get good grades. It was the same nightmare that had haunted me for over a decade.

Grades 88

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 88

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

We also believe in making reasonable accommodations to support their learning and their success. having a more inclusive, safe environment for learning) but also ourselves (e.g., having a supportive course structure that allows us to enjoy teaching more). Teach some amazing content. Raimondi, 2019).

Course Design 142

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 142

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This is a theoretical exercise without one right answer, but your response reveals key foci as an instructor. For those that are strongly impacted, how could you: Integrate AI to further students’ learning and achievement of course objectives? What are your institution’s policies about generative AI use for instructors?

Ethics 102

Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

We also believe in making reasonable accommodations to support their learning and their success. having a more inclusive, safe environment for learning) but also ourselves (e.g., having a supportive course structure that allows us to enjoy teaching more). Teach some amazing content. Raimondi, 2019).

Course Design 98

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

There are so many good ethics classes to be taken here on campus, and they're going to get some in their major and they're going to get some when they're taking philosophy. Have you faced any skepticism internally at your university for having a sitcom effectively be a teaching material? This is not for every class? Shreve: Correct.

Teaching Philosophy 167

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Ethics Syllabus 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Perhaps also because as flipped learning has evolved, it has adopted much more of an open-ended definition. The promise of more time for active learning is key to the flipped appeal, its fans say. Namely, his videos were approaching critical mass just around the same time as flipped learning was coming into its own. “I

Lecturing 154

Lecturing Learning Teaching Philosophy Active Learning 154

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Each week, available members opt in for a video call with a peer in their cohort of instructional designers or cohort of deans, directors and provosts of digital learning. So what have Loop members learned in a year of exchanging knowledge? adaptive learning. We’ve collected some of their shared insights below. Olaf College.

Learning 129

Learning Teaching Philosophy Discussions Culture 129

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

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