Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al.,

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Many OER providers trust in a peer review system to help eliminate publishing costs. From a Pokémon-themed syllabus to a ‘Squid Games’ escape room, she loves integrating pop culture into her assignments to make learning fun and memorable. I’m here to tell you that concern is valid. Indeed, I embrace it.

Textbooks 116

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 116

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

For instance, at the bare minimum, we expect our students to read our course syllabus, listen to our lectures, engage with us and their peers, and complete and submit all assignments on time. Jones has presented at numerous state and national conferences and her research is published in several peer-reviewed journals.

Instructors 111

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Many OER providers trust in a peer review system to help eliminate publishing costs. From a Pokémon-themed syllabus to a ‘Squid Games’ escape room, she loves integrating pop culture into her assignments to make learning fun and memorable. I’m here to tell you that concern is valid. Indeed, I embrace it.

Textbooks 103

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 103

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. Reviews for relevancy and accurateness “went beyond the community college in that sense,” the instructor says. Anagnoson says she considered using OER before her course was lumped into the Z-degree.

Textbooks 120

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 120

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

For instance, at the bare minimum, we expect our students to read our course syllabus, listen to our lectures, engage with us and their peers, and complete and submit all assignments on time. Jones has presented at numerous state and national conferences and her research is published in several peer-reviewed journals.

Instructors 105

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

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. These efforts culminated a meticulously designed course template that is the backbone of the program’s online offerings.

Feedback 121

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 121

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Findings To better understand implicit linguistic biases, with approval from the Institutional Review Board, we conducted a thematic analysis of feedback provided to instructors informed by the following questions from our program’s feedback review lenses (Cavazos et al., language choices for turning in assignments? Bernacki, M.,

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

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. These efforts culminated a meticulously designed course template that is the backbone of the program’s online offerings.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Including a culminating presentation on each of the banned books in the syllabus can help communicate the importance of these book clubs while continuing to strengthen student communication, presentation skills, and cooperative skills. All 70 students chose a different focus that they felt a strong, personal connection to.

Critical Thinking 86

Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary History Syllabus 86

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Participants will select a partner to act as both their accountability and peer review partner. Participants are also asked to bring a current syllabus from a class they teach. In addition, partners must schedule a time with each other to peer review a class period (with a focus on inclusion) before the last module.

Peer Review 52

Peer Review Syllabus Assignments Participation 52

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

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. These activities require intentional design but will make the first day more memorable than a typical “syllabus day.” Saucier, Ph.D.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

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. These activities require intentional design but will make the first day more memorable than a typical “syllabus day.” Saucier, Ph.D.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The course structure overview video, syllabus, and course map are provided in the “Start Here” module to give clear information about the objectives, assignments, assessments, and materials for student learning. I use a standard weekly structure using learning modules. Students can chat or use video and emojis to share ideas.

Universal Design 116

Universal Design Course Design Learning Syllabus 116

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Practical ways to provide content disclosures When there is content in your course that may be potentially distressing, this should be clear to your students in the course syllabus. Consider including a specific “topic list” in your syllabus so that students know what to expect.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Practical ways to provide content disclosures When there is content in your course that may be potentially distressing, this should be clear to your students in the course syllabus. Consider including a specific “topic list” in your syllabus so that students know what to expect.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111