Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on October 1, 2017. If they choose to bring it directly into class, I urge them to write it down so that they’ll remember it. Their papers give me insights into the ideas that had staying power and what might bear returning to as the course moves forward. All rights reserved.

Ethics 98

Ethics Minute Papers Syllabus Course Evaluations 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2023

While many of us know by now that lecture alone is incongruent with student learning, didactic lecture remains the dominant form of teaching in college classrooms. Instructors can use obvious transitional phrases or write key words on the board to summarize. College Teaching, 67 (1), 70–72. The Teaching Professor.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Minute Papers Students 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2023

While many of us know by now that lecture alone is incongruent with student learning, didactic lecture remains the dominant form of teaching in college classrooms. Instructors can use obvious transitional phrases or write key words on the board to summarize. College Teaching, 67 (1), 70–72. The Teaching Professor.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Minute Papers Students 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

That’s when it hit medespite years of teaching experience, I’m still searching for ways to spark the same level of engagement whether I’m interacting with students face-to-face or through carefully designed asynchronous activities.

Active Learning 85

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 85

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Mixed-mode classes present new challenges for faculty who are used to teaching an in-person or online class, where all the students are using one mode of access. If you are teaching a mixed-mode for the first time, your first instinct may be to conduct the course similar to other in-person classes with the remote students simply sitting in.

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Students could also be asked to write a one-minute paper or longer reflection paper about their key takeaways from the activity, such as experiencing and/or overcoming challenges in working with people in real life from different cultural backgrounds both inside and outside of the classroom.

Culture 108

Culture Communication Instructors Lecturing 108

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Students could also be asked to write a one-minute paper or longer reflection paper about their key takeaways from the activity, such as experiencing and/or overcoming challenges in working with people in real life from different cultural backgrounds both inside and outside of the classroom.

Culture 105

Culture Communication Instructors Lecturing 105