Effective Faculty Development
Educause
AUGUST 31, 2023
On this episode, we discuss ways of effectively reaching faculty and how best to facilitate a sharing of ideas about teaching with technology.
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How Pedagogy Drives Faculty Development in HyFlex Teaching
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MAY 19, 2023
Faculty can get overwhelmed at the prospect of learning how to use new technologies in the classroom — and trusting that those technologies will work during their classes.
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Faculty learning communities: Why they’re still a great idea
University Business
JULY 29, 2024
Faculty learning communities (FLC) as an approach to improving pedagogy have their roots in 1979 when the first FLC was launched at Miami University by Dr. Milton D. FLCs provide faculty with the chance to work in a trans-disciplinary fashion on matters of importance to a cohort or a particular topic for the cohort to work on.
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Empowering Education Through Collaboration: The Success of the Mississippi Virtual Community College
WCET Frontiers
OCTOBER 3, 2024
MSVCC’s innovations, including their custom-built enrollment tool, have transformed the student experience by streamlining processes for both learners and faculty. The consortium model united community colleges across Mississippi, pooling resources to offer instructional support, training, and cutting-edge technologies.
A Closer Look at Faculty Performance Appraisal and Development System
Creatrix Campus
MAY 6, 2024
A Closer Look at Faculty Performance Appraisal and Development System editor Tue, 05/07/2024 - 02:12 Higher education institutions now analyze faculty performance for promotion, tenure, and remuneration increases. Let's look deep into the faculty performance appraisal and development systems in this blog.
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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community
Faculty Focus
JULY 2, 2023
The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). One of the key benefits of an OLC is that faculty are given the opportunity to collaborate and share their knowledge and expertise (Tuffnell, 2021).
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Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 13, 2024
Many faculty already use an LMS, but how they use it is important. In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. So how do we begin to address these concerns?
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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community
Faculty Focus
JULY 2, 2023
The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). One of the key benefits of an OLC is that faculty are given the opportunity to collaborate and share their knowledge and expertise (Tuffnell, 2021).
Leaders weigh in on why the time to improve faculty affairs is now
University Business
JULY 21, 2023
Through the tuition revenue they accrue by teaching lectures to the federal grant dollars they gain through sponsored research, faculty may be the financial pulse of an institution. which will discuss revamping faculty affairs in a post-pandemic world. Interfolio is a higher education technology company focused on faculty affairs.
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Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 13, 2024
Many faculty already use an LMS, but how they use it is important. In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. So how do we begin to address these concerns?
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Key Takeaways: Best Practices for Faculty Recruitment and Retention in Higher Education
PeopleAdmin
JULY 7, 2023
In the last few years, the HigherEd landscape has undergone significant changes, leading to challenges in faculty recruitment and retention. In a recent webinar, Best Practices for Faculty Recruitment and Retention , experts broke down some of the top challenges and solutions for both hiring and retaining faculty.
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Fostering Inclusivity Through True Support for Female Faculty
WCET Frontiers
JANUARY 23, 2024
Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET Scenes from a Faculty Office As I was sitting in her office discussing plans to sub for her upcoming classes, my friend and colleague paused a moment and said, “Hold on, I forgot I need to call my nurse back. So why are women faculty with disabilities of concern?
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Lightboards as a Learning Tool in Adult Asynchronous Online Learning
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 4, 2024
Lightboard technology was invented by Michael Peshkin (Rogers and Botnaru, 2019). A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards serve as a potential technology to fill this void in asynchronous online courses.
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Worried about being priced out of using AI? Here are some practical steps to get started
University Business
JUNE 13, 2024
Skeptical faculty are beginning to change their tune on the implications of artificial intelligence in the classroom, so much so that some believe generative AI tools rival the instruction of a professor. However, building AI programs for students requires faculty to also be up to speed on the technology, Pazz said.
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Lightboards as a Learning Tool in Adult Asynchronous Online Learning
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 4, 2024
Lightboard technology was invented by Michael Peshkin (Rogers and Botnaru, 2019). A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards serve as a potential technology to fill this void in asynchronous online courses.
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DUANE WATSON
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 7, 2023
Duane Watson Duane Watson has been named associate provost for faculty development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Mayborn Professor and professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt. in brain and cognitive sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Watson serves as the Frank W.
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Not a temporary lifeline: How to scale online education to match student demand
University Business
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
It will require crafting a strategy centered on realistic goals and it will necessitate committing real and significant university resources—financial and otherwise—focused on student and faculty support. The college was an early pioneer of remote education, using video conference technology as early as 1996.
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Institution Wide AI Integration Strategy: Future Proof College Like MDC: Changing Higher Ed podcast 215 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Madeline Pumariega
The Change Leader, Inc.
JULY 9, 2024
Discover strategies to weave this revolutionary technology into the fabric of your institution, preparing your community for a future where AI is as fundamental as electricity or literacy. Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega shares their strategy for large scale AI integration across their institution.
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Assuring the Best: Top 7 Strategies for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Education
Creatrix Campus
AUGUST 20, 2024
Strategy 2: Regular Faculty Development Maintaining your faculty's professional growth and ongoing training is revolutionary. Your staff will always be up to date on the newest technologies, instructional techniques, and business trends if you engage in regular faculty development.
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Learning to Surf: Supporting a Campus’s AI Needs
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
To tame their anxieties about AI, faculty and administrators might embrace Howard Kabat-Zinn’s maxim, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Three camps On most campuses, faculty fall into three camps: those who want to “lock and block” AI (just stay out of the water!) It’s time to get in the water.
Learning to Surf: Supporting a Campus’s AI Needs
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
To tame their anxieties about AI, faculty and administrators might embrace Howard Kabat-Zinn’s maxim, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Three camps On most campuses, faculty fall into three camps: those who want to “lock and block” AI (just stay out of the water!) It’s time to get in the water.
The Shift in Digital Learning Modalities: Is Higher Education Ready?
WCET Frontiers
MARCH 30, 2023
This new report, released today, details the results of a survey on faculty and student desires regarding digital learning offerings and faculty readiness for the digital learning shift. Some senior faculty are not able to fill their course loads during in-person traditional timeframes. This has had some real impacts.
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Digital Learning in Higher Education Enhances Student Achievement
Creatrix Campus
JUNE 27, 2024
Blending technology with teaching and learning in a classroom using digital tools such as laptops, mobile phones, and touchpads not only goes high-tech with digital learning platforms but also provides better communication and interaction between students, which increases their level of interest and curiosity to learn and ask questions.
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Keywords in higher ed: AI authoring tools
Academic Tech Tips
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
As a student that has kept nearly every required textbook, I can reflect on the utility of such a cogent textbook concept, and now would like to transfer its reader-friendly approach to the great wide realm of instructional technologies—to start, within in the smaller realm of AI authoring tools for teaching and learning.
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Celebrating the Good
Continuous Learning Institute
MARCH 31, 2024
Increased Accessibility: From the use of alt text to a greater awareness of how to support neurodivergent students, there’s been a strong faculty-led charge towards inclusivity for individuals with disabilities at many campuses. Grading Reform: More faculty than ever before are reimagining grading practices.
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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Currently, she is working as a senior faculty development specialist at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Qatar University.
Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Students’ access to educational materials, technology, space, and accommodation of different kinds can lead them to complete the collaborative task successfully. Technology-enhanced learning (pp. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 7 (4), 301–308. Provide necessary resources. Dillenbourg, P.,
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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Currently, she is working as a senior faculty development specialist at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Qatar University.
Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Students’ access to educational materials, technology, space, and accommodation of different kinds can lead them to complete the collaborative task successfully. Technology-enhanced learning (pp. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 7 (4), 301–308. Provide necessary resources. Dillenbourg, P.,
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The Role of Deans in Fostering Innovation in Higher Education: Strategies for Enhancing Teaching and Student Engagement
Creatrix Campus
OCTOBER 4, 2024
The Role of Deans in Fostering Innovation in Higher Education: Strategies for Enhancing Teaching and Student Engagement editor Fri, 10/04/2024 - 04:43 Hello Deans, you are crucial in determining how education will develop in the future because you are the designers of your higher ed’s academic vision. This is so welcoming indeed.
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OEE Scholar Interview Series: Dr. Sharla Berry
ACPA
MARCH 6, 2023
Dr. Berry is committed to using her research to support practitioners in teaching and leading with technology. At that time, there was a lot of talk about the future of technology. I grew interested in online learning and digital equity, and sought to bridge my interests in communication, technology, culture, and education.
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20 step guide for implementing Outcome-Based Education
Creatrix Campus
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Suggestions: Conduct faculty workshops on the application of Bloom's Taxonomy. Encourage faculty collaboration for outcome definition. Talk with faculty members to comprehensively map the connection between PEOs and PLOs. Suggestions: Conduct faculty development sessions on Bloom's Taxonomy application.
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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 24, 2023
It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. Some of the faculty who want a quick fix already “get it,” meaning they come in valuing diversity and inclusion and/or come in with a strong critical analysis (think antiracist, feminist, queer, critical disability, etc.).
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The Power of Choice: Unlocking Student Engagement in the Online Classroom
Faculty Focus
MAY 30, 2023
Additionally, this approach balanced the need for high-levels of faculty-student interaction as well as personalized feedback within a growing class size, a previously challenging task. Assignment structure In an online general psychology course, I experimented with an alternative assignment structure that centered around student choice.
What Every Vice Chancellor Should Monitor in Higher Education: KPIs for Institutional Success
Creatrix Campus
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
From student retention to faculty performance, keeping an eye on the right metrics is what separates thriving institutions from those that struggle to keep up. Every decision, from faculty to infrastructure, impacts the institution’s future. Keep tabs on key metrics like faculty engagement, workload distribution, and research output.
Humanizing Online Learning with Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock
Continuous Learning Institute
MARCH 19, 2023
Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Faculty at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District (Scroll down to access the transcript.) 25:20:75: Reframing faculty professional development as equity infrastructure. 47:48:24: Words of advice for those shepherding online professional development at their campus.
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On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 22, 2024
Turner —one of his more abstract ones—onto the screen, and asking students whether it’s a celebration of technology or a reaction against it—and how do you know? The post On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. References Hanstedt, Paul. Takayama, Kathy.
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On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue
Faculty Focus
AUGUST 22, 2024
Turner —one of his more abstract ones—onto the screen, and asking students whether it’s a celebration of technology or a reaction against it—and how do you know? The post On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. References Hanstedt, Paul. Takayama, Kathy.
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The push for more active learning spaces on campus
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Researchers at the University of Minnesota found by 2010, for instance, that students in new, technology-enhanced learning spaces exceeded final grade expectations relative to their ACT scores. 1 strategic technology, with the group predicting that the then “experimental” trend would be “mainstream” by 2022.
Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 24, 2023
It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. Some of the faculty who want a quick fix already “get it,” meaning they come in valuing diversity and inclusion and/or come in with a strong critical analysis (think antiracist, feminist, queer, critical disability, etc.).
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The Five Things You Should be Doing to Prepare for AI’s First Full Year at College
WCET Frontiers
AUGUST 3, 2023
Why this is important Students need transparency when it comes to faculty expectations around AI use in class. A great example of a comprehensive task force is the one that the University of Alberta created that includes students, instructional design, faculty, IT, and the Dean of Students.
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How the Choice Based Credit System can Improve the Quality of Higher Education in India
Creatrix Campus
JUNE 25, 2023
It requires careful planning and collaboration among faculty members and subject matter experts. Faculty Training: Training faculty members to adapt to the CBCS framework and adopt innovative teaching methods can be a time-consuming and resource-intensive process.
BookSnaps for Enhancing Student Learning
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Retrieved from [link] The post BookSnaps for Enhancing Student Learning appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. Schwartz, K. 2015, July 15). Making learning visible: Doodling helps memories stick.
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Reflecting on Feedback and Insights from the 2023 WCET Annual Meeting
WCET Frontiers
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Rather than “going back to normal,” faculty are teaching more online and hybrid courses and more students are enrolling in them. At another, their campus Wi-Fi is overtaxed, even though there are fewer faculty and students on campus. I heard about one institution where they are re-configuring their online unit.
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