Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

Try This in Your Class Tomorrow If you want to test this out without overhauling your syllabus, here’s a quick plug-and-play format: Choose a paradox related to your next topic. After exploring the paradox, I now say, “Here’s one way to look at it.” That shift— one way—keeps the door open. Make it messy.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

Try This in Your Class Tomorrow If you want to test this out without overhauling your syllabus, here’s a quick plug-and-play format: Choose a paradox related to your next topic. After exploring the paradox, I now say, “Here’s one way to look at it.” That shift— one way—keeps the door open. Make it messy.

Syllabus 85

Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 85

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall. That’s going to be a real time saver for faculty,” he predicts.

Lecturing 216

Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

We may not have a storefront window to attract attention, but we do have something that students see before the start of the semester that can grab their attention, set the tone, and get them excited about entering the class…your syllabus! Exhibit 2: Thompson’s Barbie themed class syllabus (Spring 2024). Let Them Play!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

We may not have a storefront window to attract attention, but we do have something that students see before the start of the semester that can grab their attention, set the tone, and get them excited about entering the class…your syllabus! Exhibit 2: Thompson’s Barbie themed class syllabus (Spring 2024). Let Them Play!

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Attention Assignments Activities 111

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

This article is part of a series on innovative teaching methods in higher education. There’s good news for those who don’t know where to start or are weary of having to redo their entire syllabus or curriculum. Check back for more stories in the coming weeks. But WCAG isn't nearly as scary as people make it out to be.”

Accessibility 158

Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Syllabus 158

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

The institution was built with online in mind, and focuses on a so-called competency-based teaching method, where students work at their own pace and get credit when they show they know the material. Example 1: Western Governors University The biggest higher ed institution in the U.S.

Teaching 173

Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 173