2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (361+ words) But a growing body of research tells a more complicated story'one that faculty, instructional designers, and academic leaders should not ignore." The"assumption"driving AI adoption is that it improves learning. Yet the evidence, at best, is inconsistent'and in many…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (815+ words) Faculty Focus From Restriction to Integration: Practical Strategies for Embracing AI in Online Courses A 2025 survey by the Higher Education Policy Institute found that 92% of university students now use AI tools in their studies, up from 66% the previous year (Freeman…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (686+ words) Faculty Focus What's With That Resume? : Strategies for More Effective Student Resumes Have you recently been asked to review a resume? Do you coach learners on resume writing? When did you last update your own resume? The word "r'sum" originates…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (581+ words) Faculty Focus Students Rate the Experience; Peers Evaluate the Teaching: Rethinking the Evaluation of University Instruction Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are one of the most widely used tools for assessing teaching effectiveness and play a significant role in decisions…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (389+ words) Because students interact more'frequently'with the'course'leader or primary instructor, they are more likely to remember and evaluate that instructor more positively. Faculty members with smaller teaching roles may receive lower ratings simply because they had fewer interactions with students. In such…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (848+ words) Faculty Focus Synthetic Socrates, Teaching Assistant: How AI Can Restore the Philosophical Classroom When Chat GPT first arrived, many faculty reacted with horror. If an algorithm could write a plausible essay in seconds, what would become of higher education and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (626+ words) Walk into any faculty meeting or office'today'and the conversation inevitably turns toward artificial intelligence (AI). Some instructors are experimenting enthusiastically, while others are cautious and'perhaps even'resistant. Most, however, are simply trying to figure out how to respond to this potential'paradigm…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago  (603+ words) After course grades were submitted, I emailed a Google Form seeking anonymous student feedback, which received 13 responses. Here are the takeaways from our experience. " Most exams lasted 20 minutes, which felt right in terms of conversation depth and energy"expended. In…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (497+ words) Asynchronous online courses tend to follow a clear weekly pattern. Students often describe this structure as helpful and organized, yet they also note that the rhythm can feel a little flat. They move through the modules, complete the activities, and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (653+ words) Many college instructors are'encountering'a familiar classroom dynamic: students arrive able to discuss'the "main idea" of a reading, but struggle to point to specific passages, explain how an argument develops, or engage closely with the text itself. Increasingly, that surface-level familiarity…...