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., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 123

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 123

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Faculty can add more tests or assignments to the syllabus, or split large assignments into smaller sections so that students have more opportunities to build points throughout the semester, and more opportunities to see where their skills or knowledge stand as the course progresses. Incorporating peer review into their courses.

Academic Integrity 144

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 144

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., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Coming from educational publishing, there was a strict division between writing and editing and graphic-design work,” says Anagnoson. Previously, her syllabus relied on a series of pamphlets from the Water Education Foundation, a California-based non-profit. Now it’s my job.” But those materials were not ideal.

Textbooks 120

Textbooks Instructors Syllabus History 120

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Many OER providers trust in a peer review system to help eliminate publishing costs. Now the reason they are confused could be due to an error in the writing rather than a shortfall in their understanding. When reviewing the error with me, students must tell me why they think it is an error. Indeed, I embrace it.

Textbooks 116

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 116

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Savini suggests that we ask ourselves what makes someone else’s writing unclear to us. Relevant and meaningful feedback on writing may vary between cultures, as language is also inextricably tied to culture. What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g.,

Teaching 98

Teaching Instructors English Language 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Many OER providers trust in a peer review system to help eliminate publishing costs. Now the reason they are confused could be due to an error in the writing rather than a shortfall in their understanding. When reviewing the error with me, students must tell me why they think it is an error. Indeed, I embrace it.

Textbooks 103

Textbooks Syllabus Instructors Peer Review 103