Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

As the capacity of AI grows to complete increasingly complex tasks, we (as college instructors) may wonder what we can offer our students in the age of AI. Why College Instructors Matter: A Student’s Perspective I had a conversation with one of my students recently about this exact question. Schoeder, 2024).

Instructors 98

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

As the capacity of AI grows to complete increasingly complex tasks, we (as college instructors) may wonder what we can offer our students in the age of AI. Why College Instructors Matter: A Student’s Perspective I had a conversation with one of my students recently about this exact question. Schoeder, 2024).

Instructors 115

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 115

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

The way that books have nourished my teaching has been in the area of identifying and refining my teaching philosophy and general pedagogical approaches. I haven’t read many books that are focused strictly on online teaching.

Online Learning 214

Online Learning Reading Teaching Philosophy Learning 214

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

I hope to facilitate a clearer understanding of both experiential and applied learning so that instructors can use these approaches strategically, when appropriate to course goals, to help their students develop intellectually, personally, and professionally.

Instructors 111

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

I hope to facilitate a clearer understanding of both experiential and applied learning so that instructors can use these approaches strategically, when appropriate to course goals, to help their students develop intellectually, personally, and professionally.

Instructors 105

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

To accompany this teaching philosophy, I adopt ungrading 2 in all my courses. Ungrading may not lighten an instructor’s workload, however, the effort I invested in this approach has proven immensely rewarding. Below are some practices I use in my ungraded class, focusing on learning and growth.

Grades 101

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 101

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This is a theoretical exercise without one right answer, but your response reveals key foci as an instructor. What are your institution’s policies about generative AI use for instructors? Achievement motivation and academic dishonesty: A meta analytic investigation. Learning and Teaching: Teach HQ. For students?

Ethics 102

Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102