Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

What college instructors are needed for, he said, is to motivate our students to learn. He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI. We have the ability to inspire our students wonder and curiosity in ways that will inspire them to be intrinsically motivated to learn and to keep learning.

Instructors 114

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 114

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

This may help the student better understand the novels cultural context, competing demands and motivations for different characters, and the social restrictions facing some characters. But since it does not help the student solve a real-world problem, such an activity is not applied learning.

Instructors 111

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

To accompany this teaching philosophy, I adopt ungrading 2 in all my courses. I’ve witnessed a noticeable shift toward more internally motivated students, stronger professor-student relationships, and, most importantly, happier, less stressed students. Feedback-Only: No Points I do not attach points to any assignments.

Grades 97

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 97

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

This may help the student better understand the novels cultural context, competing demands and motivations for different characters, and the social restrictions facing some characters. But since it does not help the student solve a real-world problem, such an activity is not applied learning.

Instructors 105

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 105

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Achievement motivation and academic dishonesty: A meta analytic investigation. Learning and Teaching: Teach HQ. Introduction Generative AI in higher education has been widely discussed following the record-breaking uptake of ChatGPT in November 2022 (Dwivedi et al., 2023; Gordon, 2023). Scientific Reports , 13 (1), Article 1.

Ethics 102

Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class is a day on which we can nurture our students’ voices and promote their engagement and intrinsic motivation for learning (Saucier, 2020). The first day of class should be much more than “syllabus day” – the first day of class is hugely important in setting the tone for the entire semester in many ways. Renken, M.S.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class is a day on which we can nurture our students’ voices and promote their engagement and intrinsic motivation for learning (Saucier, 2020). The first day of class should be much more than “syllabus day” – the first day of class is hugely important in setting the tone for the entire semester in many ways. Renken, M.S.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Assignments 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

So as I learned more about how to help learners be more motivated, and allow them to recognize their own agency in their learning. Guide on the side assumes, "I know where we're going" and a lot of times in my teaching now I'm experimenting with things and I don't know where we're going.” Don't try to make learning so linear.

Teaching 97

Teaching Textbooks Teaching Philosophy Ethics 97