The Focus is You: Maryellen and a Muscle Car
To kickstart The Focus is You, a short Q&A that features a different Faculty Focus member every Thursday, we’re featuring Maryellen Weimer, editor of The
Faculty Focus
August 8, 2019
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
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Ideas for Rethinking Your Quiz Tactics
If your quiz strategies are becoming stale, this free report is loaded with fresh ideas that will help you better understand why you are using quizzes, what you hope they will accomplish, and how they can best be used to facilitate student learning.
Faculty Focus
March 7, 2018
Diversity and Inclusion in the College Classroom
Meaningful conversations about race, diversity, and inclusion can be surprisingly rare occurrences in higher education classrooms. Students and faculty alike, especially those in the majority, often
Faculty Focus
April 6, 2016
Flipped Classroom Trends: A Survey of College Faculty
The flipped classroom is a student-centered approach to teaching that involves reversing the design of the learning environment, allowing students to engage in activities, apply
Faculty Focus
August 19, 2015
Exploring New Models with Blended and Flipped Learning
Featuring six articles dedicated to blended learning and six articles on the flipped classroom, this free report provides an inside look at how faculty are using these approaches to reshape the college classroom.
Faculty Focus
July 8, 2014
Tools and Strategies for Engaging Online Students
The report provides practical advice from online instructors who recognize the value of engagement and its role in student retention and success.
Faculty Focus
January 12, 2012
Designing Online Courses 101
Designing an online course shares many of the same elements and processes that go into designing a traditional face-to-face course, however the online environment brings a unique set of challenges that require special attention and a different approach.
Faculty Focus
August 31, 2011
Educational Assessment: Designing a System for More Meaningful Results
Assessing institutional effectiveness is a noble pursuit, but measuring student learning is not always easy. As with so many things we try to quantify, there’s
Faculty Focus
June 21, 2011
Teaching with Technology: Tools and Strategies to Improve Student Learning
Whether the courses you teach are face-to-face, online, blended, or all of the above, this report explains effective ways to incorporate technology into your courses to create a rich learning experience for students, and a rewarding teaching experience for you.
Faculty Focus
January 13, 2011
How to Get Students to Read What’s Assigned
Despite the correlation between reading and course success, many students try to do as little reading as possible. Whether your students struggle with the material or simply lack the motivation to read what’s assigned, this report will help ensure your students read and understand important course material.
Faculty Focus
July 23, 2010