Let’s be real. AI tools like ChatGPT showed up in higher ed like that one student who joins the Zoom session with their mic off, camera off, and still somehow takes over the discussion. Whether we were ready or not, AI is in the room. And if you’re teaching online, you’ve probably already seen it […] The post Smarter Support: How to Use AI in Online Courses and Teach Your Students to Use It Too appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
When I was handed the class list at the start of term, I sensed it was an opportunity to try something. The list told me that for most of the students taking the Leadership class, this was their only course for the semester. This is in line with the shift to part-time learning we have […] The post Community, Classroom, and Cake appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
“Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” —Marie Curie In my role as a fellow at my university’s Center for Teaching and Learning, I’ve had dozens of conversations with faculty across disciplines—and one pattern has become impossible to ignore. The gulf between those working to integrate AI into their teaching […] The post AI in the Classroom: Panic, Possibility, and the Pedagogy in Between appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
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 health science programs play a crucial role in shaping their mentees’ professional growth and long-term career fulfillment. Mentor-mentee relationships may be faculty and student, or seasoned faculty and junior faculty. […] The post Mentorship Gone Missing: A Blueprint for a Mentorship Program appear...| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Educators have sought to understand why some students persist in overcoming challenges, while others do not. We present an exploration of growth mindset initiatives as factors that promote persistence and student success in online courses. This exploratory review focuses on the relevant literature, includes practical suggestions for classroom applications in online courses, and indicates avenues […] The post Promoting and Sustaining a Growth Mindset in Online Classrooms appeared first on Fa...| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Imagine a classroom where AI helps students learn more effectively and faculty have more time to focus on what they do best. That future is closer than you think, thanks to the rise of generative AI. Higher education professionals find themselves in a new world with these emerging tools and their capacity to dramatically change […] The post Beyond Digital Literacy: Cultivating “Meta AI” Skills in Students and Faculty appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Discover how empathy in online teaching helps students overcome life challenges, build trust, and succeed academically—even when life comes first.| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed from a distant technological concept to an everyday tool accessible to our students. In recent years, AI has proven to be a disruptor in the delivery of education, raising concerns among educators. Rather than viewing AI as a threat to academic integrity or a […] The post The Collaborative AI Classroom: Teaching Students to Work With, Not Against, AI Tools appeared first on Faculty Focus | High...| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Communication is hard. Even in the best of circumstances, every interaction carries not just the message we intend to send but also our own assumptions, our students’ assumptions, and the ever-growing complexity of language and tone, not to mention the medium itself. This complexity only multiplies in today’s higher ed environment, where faculty and staff […] The post Reaching (Not Just Teaching) Today’s Students: A Communication Cheatsheet appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher E...| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Discover practical interdisciplinary teaching strategies to help students blend knowledge across fields, work collaboratively, and tackle real-world challenges in today’s university classrooms.| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
In every course there are certain core concepts and principles that are important for each student to learn, develop into useful knowledge, and apply appropriately. What’s not important is how they learn these core concepts.| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Explore how mentorship, leadership, and peer support shape growth in nursing education. A reflective look at how nurse educators can inspire the next generation through advocacy, innovation, and compassion.| Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
