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

Dec 6, 2024 | facultyfocus.com | Thomas Dyer |Rebekah Dyer

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for
Using the Power of E-Portfolios to Enhance Student Engagement

Dec 3, 2024 | facultyfocus.com | Sudipta Biswas

In the evolving landscape of online education, post pandemic, it has become increasingly essential to use technology to foster student engagement. Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes. E-portfolios are digital collections of student work that showcase achievements and learning progress and have the power to transform the educational experience for students.
Ten Productivity Strategies Online Instructors Can Borrow from Entrepreneurs

Sep 27, 2024 | facultyfocus.com | B. Jean Mandernach

Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! There is no shortage of productivity and efficiency advice for entrepreneurs. An overflowing supply of books, websites, newsletters, podcasts, and videos offer tips, tricks, and strategies to help entrepreneurs manage their time, attention, and priorities. But that advice also applies to online instructors.
Fostering Upward Mobility through Low-Cost Certification: A Practical Guide for Higher Education

Jul 15, 2024 | facultyfocus.com | Melissa Wells

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners. The new Teaching Assistant Certificate Program at Empire State University is a prime example of a workable strategy for accomplishing this objective.
Teaching Courses that Provoke Student Anxiety - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning

May 3, 2024 | facultyfocus.com | Maryellen Weimer

Do you teach one of those courses that promotes lots of student anxiety? Nowadays that seems to apply to all sorts of courses.
A Critical Framework for Supporting Faculty and Staff Mental Health and Well-Being

Apr 30, 2024 | facultyfocus.com | Rebecca Pope-Ruark

This article first appeared in Academic Leader If you are interested in reading more articles about the trends, challenges, and best practices of today’s academic decision-makers, check out a monthly or yearly subscription to Academic Leader! Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities were ramping up their services to address the mental health crisis among students as depression, anxiety, loneliness, suicide, and other issues were on the rise.
Empowering Online Instructors: A Guide to Crisis Prevention and Preparedness

Jan 7, 2024 | facultyfocus.com | Courtney Plotts

If you have taught in higher education in the last 20 years, you have probably taught an online course. Online learning is one of the most prevalent modalities in higher education today and has only been made more visible by the COVID pandemic (Costa, Kavouras, Cohen, & Huang, 2021). However, the rapid expansion of online learning meant many institutions overlooked the campus safety procedures for faculty teaching online from remote locations.
The Problem with Snapnotes

Nov 30, 2023 | facultyfocus.com | Andre P. Audette

As I sat in a lecture attended by all first-year students at our college, I noticed the scale of a troubling trend: the rise of “snapnotes.” Snapnotes are what I like to call when students “take notes” by snapping a picture of a PowerPoint slide on their phone. While the trend has been around since the advent of phones with reasonable cameras and data storage, anecdotally, the COVID-19 pandemic has made this practice much more widespread.
Reducing AI Anxiety Starts by Talking with Students | Faculty Focus

Oct 11, 2023 | facultyfocus.com | Demian Hommel |Bradley Cohen

Whether or not we’ve wrapped our minds around AI, or determined how it will affect the work we ask students to shoulder, at the very least, we need to have a conversation.
A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces

Apr 20, 2023 | facultyfocus.com | Linda Stewart