…recorded that final speech class, I decided to use my students’ comments as the basis for my advice. Tip #1. Build a community of learners. Many students mentioned that it…
Accepting and sharing responsibility for creating a productive work setting within the department and institution result, at least to a great extent, from how well each member of the community…
…development resources they need, when they need them. “Every year, we meet with thousands of faculty and college leaders who tell us that they are excited about the changes taking…
Magna Publications, the leading provider of professional development resources for the higher education community, today issued a Call for Proposals for the 2014 Teaching Professor Technology Conference to be held…
…certainly touched on a topic of high interest to the Faculty Focus community, which prompted us to think about how this relates to the flipped classroom. When we submitted this…
Faculty development programs exist, at least to some degree, to help faculty become better teachers, better scholars, and better members of the campus community. Schools invest in faculty development in…
…to be successful. The third factor, social persuasion, is connected directly to the need for online courses to build a sense of community. As Nagel, Blignaut, & Cronje’s (2009) research…
…their students in real time. Although it has been used in traditional college classes and the K-12 community for some time, I’ve noticed fewer online faculty adopting the technology in…
