What Does Student Engagement Look Like?
Engagement – it’s another one of those words that’s regularly bandied about in higher education. We talk about it like we know what it means,
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
June 28, 2024
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Using Playing Cards to Encourage Student Participation and Engagement
Like many faculty, it has been no easy feat to keep students engaged during class, especially in a physical geography course in which many undergraduate
Lisa McNeal, EdD, and Jennifer Rahn, PhD
January 21, 2022
Student Engagement Strategies: Encouraging Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive Engagement in Your Course
Some of the most satisfying moments in teaching are when your students are engaged, when they are deeply absorbed in the material and they are
Faculty Focus
September 30, 2021
Keeping Students Engaged: How to Rethink Your Assessments Amidst the Shift to Online Learning
Keeping students engaged in course content is a challenge for all faculty, whether a legacy online teaching pro or a newbie to this space. Perhaps
Amanda E Major, EdD, CPLP, PMP, and Roslyn Miller, PhD
November 9, 2020
3 Cool Tech Tools to Consider for the Digital Classroom
It is imperative that educators find new ways to incorporate technology to stay current. This can be done by considering tools and applications that will not only enhance a students’ educational experience but also support teaching and learning. We offer three tools/applications that supports this notion here:
Quentin Bellard, Kimberly S. McCoy, and Richard Varner
May 6, 2019
Improv in the Classroom
For the last 15 years or so, I have performed improv comedy in Chicago. During much of that time, I also taught English classes at Kendall College, a culinary and hospitality school. As you might imagine, my improv skills come in handy in the classroom. Here is a brief introduction for how the basic concepts of improv, when employed skillfully, help improve the classroom climate.
Beau Golwitzer
September 23, 2018
You’re Funnier Than You Think: Using Humor in the Classroom
First, we want everyone reading this to go ahead and lower their expectations. While the two of us are big fans of comedy and using humor in many walks of life, we aren’t terribly funny ourselves. But here’s the thing: that’s sort of the point. While we’re not comedians, we use humor as a teaching tool. And so can you!
Alissa Klein and Christian Moriarty
November 13, 2017
I’m in ‘Kahoots’ with Technology in the Classroom
Teaching tool or distraction? One of the most vexing issues for faculty today is what to do about cell phones in the classroom. According to a study conducted by Dr. Jim Roberts, a marketing professor at Baylor University, college students spend between eight to ten hours daily on their cell phones. Regardless of whatever “no cell phone” policies we attempt to enforce in our classrooms, many of our students are sneakily checking Instagram or texting friends when they’re supposed to be engaged in solving matrices or analyzing Shakespeare.
Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar, EdD
July 31, 2017
The Flipped Classroom Unplugged: Three Tech-Free Strategies for Engaging Students
Throughout this summer article series, we’ve addressed some of the most frequently asked questions about the flipped classroom in higher education. We’ve shared ideas for student motivation, student engagement, time management, student resistance, and large classes. Since this is the final article in the series, I reviewed my notes and the findings from the Faculty Focus reader survey on flipped classroom trends (2015), and there’s one more topic we need to address: creativity.
Barbi Honeycutt, PhD
September 26, 2016
Selecting the Appropriate Communication Tools for Your Online Course
When designing an online course it’s important to carefully consider which tools align with the course’s learning objectives and the types of communication that will occur.
There are three types of communication that can occur in an online course—one to one, one to many, and many to many. In an interview with Online Classroom, Sara Ombres, faculty development instructor, and Anna Reese, production coordinator/instructional designer, both at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus, talked about how they help instructors select communication tools to suit the situation.
Rob Kelly
February 14, 2014