Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

Plagiarism 116

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

Then write a press release or design a news report video to inform others about what they learned. They could annotate the class syllabus in a Google Doc or use Hypothes.is These are just a few examples of how to engineer online learning experiences in ways that take advantage of the affordances of online instruction.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

Plagiarism 110

Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 110

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

My first and only fully online class taken as an undergraduate student was a complete disaster. Aside from a bare-bones syllabus, the professor never showed up. And while these are all important factors in impacting student success, there are also many psychological challenges students may face in their online education: Isolation.

Syllabus 104

Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 104

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

QR codes can be used to share materials with students and to engage students in active learning activities. They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. Figure 2 shows a Know-Wonder-Learn activity using Jamboard.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

These efforts culminated a meticulously designed course template that is the backbone of the program’s online offerings. The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services.

Feedback 118

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 118

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

Then write a press release or design a news report video to inform others about what they learned. They could annotate the class syllabus in a Google Doc or use Hypothes.is These are just a few examples of how to engineer online learning experiences in ways that take advantage of the affordances of online instruction.

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

But Rima Al Tawil (2019) demonstrates that there is a variety of ways in which nonverbal cues make their way into online learning, and it is important for instructors to understand these communication influences to monitor and manage the tone of their courses. By contrast, online students have far more control over time.

Instructors 98

Instructors Communication Syllabus Discussions 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

These efforts culminated a meticulously designed course template that is the backbone of the program’s online offerings. The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services.

Feedback 108

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 108

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

But Rima Al Tawil (2019) demonstrates that there is a variety of ways in which nonverbal cues make their way into online learning, and it is important for instructors to understand these communication influences to monitor and manage the tone of their courses. By contrast, online students have far more control over time.

Instructors 82

Instructors Communication Syllabus Discussions 82

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

Ahearn, an online learning manager for +Acumen, shares eight lessons learned about the field with a starter kit of what every hopeful instructional designer should know. How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year How do you win Faculty Member of the Year 13 times in a row?

Syllabus 130

Syllabus Lecturing Assignments Course Design 130