To boost classroom interaction and active participation, instructors can include proven strategies in their “teaching toolkit” to foster empathetic connections among their students.

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19.02.2025

Earning Our AI Literacy License - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Banning AI use in college classrooms is a pointless and exhausting endeavor. Instead, we should learn alongside our students to become AI literate.

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19.02.2025

The Power of Students’ Stories - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

When students are given opportunities to reflect on their lives and narrate their experiences, they can better understand themselves and others.

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19.02.2025

How to Practice Equitable Empathy: What White Faculty Should–and Shouldn’t–Do - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Equitable empathy is a necessary practice for creating healthy, antiracist institutions of learning, especially at predominantly white universities like ours.

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19.02.2025

Student to Teacher: The Silent Transformation - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

No one had told me how disorienting the shift could feel, going from student to teacher.

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19.02.2025

Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

What follows are some suggested principles we have prepared for workshop facilitators that move beyond a “talkfest” to genuine learning.

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19.02.2025

Getting Started: A Basic 10 Point Guide to Launching an Academic Career - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Here are 10 very basic, practical strategies for new faculty to consider during their early exploratory quests in the profession, based upon my experience of faculty development over the past 40 years.

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19.02.2025

Motivational Force: Building a Foundation for Student Success - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

I was committed to the following motivational practices that could lessen the load and promote the type of power needed to make it to the finish line.

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03.02.2025

Effective Strategies for Sustaining Student Attention during PowerPoint Lectures - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

These strategies can make classroom time more engaging and meaningful for students and teachers alike.

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31.01.2025

“How Are You Doing Today?” A Survey for Starting Each Class - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Students’ satisfaction hinges on more than just our expertise; it’s equally influenced by our ability to create a supportive learning environment.

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29.01.2025

Five-Minute Starts: Fifteen Ideas to Ignite Your Class - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

While there is no right answer for all situations, we offer some ideas that may create the best possible atmosphere in a classroom.

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27.01.2025

A Wicked Perspective: Faculty and Leadership in Academia - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

As a leader working with both newer and seasoned faculty, I see clear parallels between the characters in Wicked and the faculty in academic institutions.

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24.01.2025

Direct and Indirect Assessment Measures of Student Learning in Higher Education - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Curriculum assessment and evaluation projects may not always spark immediate enthusiasm, but a recent well-organized team project in our higher education program demonstrated the power of collaboration.

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22.01.2025

Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best.

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20.01.2025

Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

To truly support student success, we must move beyond the metrics and prioritize the human connections that make higher education meaningful.

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17.01.2025

Being Genuine in the Classroom - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

While we are responsible for shaping our voice and embodying our role in a given situation, is our teaching persona who we “genuinely” are?

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15.01.2025

Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

On our way to developing a curriculum for implementable real-world projects in professional classrooms, an interesting thing happened: Generative AI became ubiquitous.

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14.01.2025

Beyond the Classroom: Establishing Partnerships for Real-World Learning and Student Success - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The purpose of this article is to provide considerations for educators when creating experiential learning opportunities for students.

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11.01.2025

Four Powerful Practices to Promote Student Success - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Fostering student success may be highly individualized, but there are four universal practices that might yield successful student outcomes.

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09.01.2025

We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

My goal is to explain the hallmarks of both applied humanities and experiential learning approaches, as well as what each mode of learning can offer to students.

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07.01.2025

Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

As the educational landscape continues to evolve, the role of an instructional designer (ID) has become necessary.

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19.12.2024

Embracing the Silence - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

First snowflakes of the season today. Winter is settling in out here in the Pennsylvania countryside. It’s quiet, no birdsongs in the morning,

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16.12.2024

Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course you’ve taught before? Where do you start? Early in my career, “one chapter

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13.12.2024

Why We Need to Share Care, Appreciation, Kindness and Empathy (CAKE) in our Classrooms - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

We often hear from our colleagues that our students are not resilient, they are difficult, they seem to always have excuses, and often need

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11.12.2024

The Online Classroom: Trust, Explore, Engage - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Many of you reading this article are online teachers and I would like to start by asking two questions: Are you a good online teacher?

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09.12.2024

Fostering Teamwork: Implementing Collaborative Assignments as High-Impact Practice - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. We want to make sure that we are

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06.12.2024

Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for

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04.12.2024

Using the Power of E-Portfolios to Enhance Student Engagement - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

In the evolving landscape of online education, post pandemic, it has become increasingly essential to use technology to foster

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02.12.2024

Enhancing Critical Thinking with the CAT Test: Check, Ask, Think - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

In today's diverse and rapidly evolving media landscape—spanning traditional television broadcasts, online platforms, and increasingly

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27.11.2024

The Appreciative Close: A Strategy for Creating a Classroom Community - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

“What you appreciate appreciates” (Twist, n.d.). One of the practices I have employed in most of my classes during the past several years is

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26.11.2024

It Makes a Difference When Teachers Care - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

That’s not a new finding, and it’s something most instructors already know, but it’s the size of the difference that’s often underestimated.

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23.11.2024

Teaching Students, Not Subjects - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Too often, faculty make content coverage the focus of lesson planning. They plan their courses around the topics they need to cover, which

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21.11.2024

The Impact of Non-Evaluative Feedback and Mindfulness in Writing - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

I ’m a writing instructor in higher education. I’m also a writing specialist in a support center. I work with students from all disciplines

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19.11.2024

The Evolving Landscape of Diversity and Inclusion Management in Higher Education - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The evolving landscape of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in higher education is reshaping the role of Chief Diversity

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16.11.2024

The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Like birthdays, anniversaries are occasions for reflection, and as I approach the fifth anniversary of my teaching career, I find that my

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14.11.2024

The Role of Writing in Communicative Language Teaching: An Investigation of an AI-Integrated Classroom Activity - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

One of the persistent challenges in second language acquisition (SLA), especially within the communicative approach, is how to incorporate

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12.11.2024

Creating Active Virtual Learning Communities in Asynchronous Online College Courses: Why it Matters and Ideas to Try - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

As the number of universities offering fully online-only courses increases, a new set of challenges arises for students and professors.

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09.11.2024

What’s Holding Back Good Teaching? - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Has teaching improved? Has teaching improved? It’s a question I’ve been putting to myself here on the backside of a long career. Without

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07.11.2024

Using Responses to Likert-Type Items in Qualitative Research - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Unlike previous methods, the Likert scale allowed for the summation of individual Likert-type item scores to create a composite score

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04.11.2024

Redefining Assessment: Empowering Students through a Blended Approach - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

As educators, we often fall into a trap that we know what’s best for our students. As a result, we often give them assessments

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Increasing Classroom Engagement - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Earning Our AI Literacy License - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The Power of Students’ Stories - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

How to Practice Equitable Empathy: What White Faculty Should–and Shouldn’t–Do - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Student to Teacher: The Silent Transformation - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Getting Started: A Basic 10 Point Guide to Launching an Academic Career - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Motivational Force: Building a Foundation for Student Success - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Effective Strategies for Sustaining Student Attention during PowerPoint Lectures - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

“How Are You Doing Today?” A Survey for Starting Each Class - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Five-Minute Starts: Fifteen Ideas to Ignite Your Class - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

A Wicked Perspective: Faculty and Leadership in Academia - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Direct and Indirect Assessment Measures of Student Learning in Higher Education - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Being Genuine in the Classroom - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Beyond the Classroom: Establishing Partnerships for Real-World Learning and Student Success - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Four Powerful Practices to Promote Student Success - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Embracing the Silence - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Why We Need to Share Care, Appreciation, Kindness and Empathy (CAKE) in our Classrooms - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The Online Classroom: Trust, Explore, Engage - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Fostering Teamwork: Implementing Collaborative Assignments as High-Impact Practice - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Using the Power of E-Portfolios to Enhance Student Engagement - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Enhancing Critical Thinking with the CAT Test: Check, Ask, Think - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The Appreciative Close: A Strategy for Creating a Classroom Community - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

It Makes a Difference When Teachers Care - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Teaching Students, Not Subjects - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The Impact of Non-Evaluative Feedback and Mindfulness in Writing - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The Evolving Landscape of Diversity and Inclusion Management in Higher Education - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

The Role of Writing in Communicative Language Teaching: An Investigation of an AI-Integrated Classroom Activity - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Creating Active Virtual Learning Communities in Asynchronous Online College Courses: Why it Matters and Ideas to Try - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

What’s Holding Back Good Teaching? - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Using Responses to Likert-Type Items in Qualitative Research - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

Redefining Assessment: Empowering Students through a Blended Approach - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

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