Moving Beyond the ‘Presentation Parade’: Designing Onboarding That Actually Teaches
Dr. Rachel Barnard October 7, 2026
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Measuring What Matters: A Faculty Development System That Improves Teaching Quality
If you’ve ever organized faculty development, you know the usual routine: run workshops, get sign-in sheets, and maybe send a feedback survey. While useful, these activities don’t always tell us the
Mehrdad Mohasses, MEd, MBA, CPIM November 14, 2025
Mentorship Gone Missing: A Blueprint for a Mentorship Program
Mentorship is a learning-centered, leadership-driven experience that nurtures the next generation of researchers and clinicians in academia (Rabeeah et al 2022). Faculty mentors in allied
Michelle C. Arnett, MS, RDH August 11, 2025
Building Community in Times of Crisis
Communication is a vital part of any organization, and this is especially the case at institutions of higher education. Without frequent, focused, and public communication,
Mary McAleer Balkun and Jon Radwan May 2, 2022
12 Tips for Improving Your Faculty Development Plan
Countless workshops, seminars, retreats, and other faculty development courses are offered under the assumption that they can positively affect how faculty teach, which in turn will help students learn.
Faculty Focus November 7, 2019
Collaboration: A Way to Promote Faculty Development and Reduce Burnout
Faculty development and burnout pose challenges within departments and colleges of academic institutions. Constrained resources—asked to do more with less time, money, and personnel—contribute to
Immaculata Igbo, PhD, Margie Landson, MSN, CNE, RN, and Kathleen Straker, MEd October 9, 2019
Let’s Practice What We Teach: Flipping Faculty Development
Faculty everywhere are flipping their classes, but can we flip faculty development? That’s the question I asked myself when I flipped the pre-conference workshop at the 2016 Teaching Professor Technology Conference. What I discovered is that we can “practice what we teach” and design faculty-centered learning experiences much the same way we design student-centered learning experiences.
In this article, I provide a few recommendations for flipping a faculty development workshop. For further inspiration, the article concludes with a showcase of the work created by the participants in my workshop last fall.
Barbi Honeycutt, PhD July 30, 2018
Flexible Faculty Development Opportunities
One of the most persistent challenges for instructional designers is finding a convenient time to schedule faculty development training sessions. If scheduled during the summer, the workshop is subject to poor attendance because faculty are preparing for the fall. If it is scheduled in the fall, teaching responsibilities and committee work can impede professional development attendance. The same holds true for the spring semester.
Sabrina Johnson-Taylor PhD July 23, 2018
Five Fundamentals of Faculty Development
I am not a skilled athlete, but I have watched enough sporting events to know that the fundamentals are essential to both player and team success. Coaches can often be heard repeating such maxims as “keep your eye on the ball,” “follow through,” and “hold your position.”
Patty H. Phelps, EdD July 17, 2018
A Professional Development Makeover
I have been an online educator for almost 10 years and feelings of isolation and complacency were familiar companions on my teaching journey. Many virtual work environments lacked channels for educators like myself to connect and maintain meaningful conversations and I longed to build a sense of community with my colleagues in the field. The constant dripping of policy changes from the top made for limited self-reflection and minimal opportunities for collaboration. Departmental attempts at transformative shifts in work culture were captured in ephemeral professional development methods that operated on low frequency when it came to encouraging personal growth and knowledge creation.
Valencia Gabay March 8, 2018