Crediting Faculty for Teaching Excellence
ACE CREDIT’s Evaluation Expands Opportunity to Recognize Evidence-Based Instruction
The American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT®) has evaluated and recommended the Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) Course in Effective Teaching Practices for three graduate-level college credits. More than 2,000 colleges and universities consider ACE CREDIT recommendations in determining the applicability of coursework and examination results to their courses […]
News Roundup: Learning About Teaching
An instructor urges her colleagues to learn more about teaching and discuss pedagogy with other practitioners. Sign up for The ‘Q’ Newsletter for weekly news and insights. Why Don’t Educators in Higher Ed Take Education Classes? Before beginning her Ed.D. program, Jillian Joyce didn’t expect to learn much about teaching. Now, as she routinely discusses […]
3 Ways to Enhance Your Online Instruction
By Judith Boettcher Due to the rapid growth of online programs, more faculty are being assigned to teach an online or hybrid class, often with little notice or preparation. How do teaching practices for the online environment differ from those used in face-to-face instruction? What can you do to adapt your approaches to meet the […]
Enhancing Online Instruction
Excellence in Every Class: LEAP and the Instructional “Black Box”
The definition of a well-educated college graduate? Someone who thinks critically and creatively. Who inquires, analyzes, and integrates learning. Who communicates persuasively. Someone who is literate, with information and quantitatively, and can work in teams to solve problems of local and global impact. Among other essential competencies, these are the attributes articulated by Liberal Education and […]
How ‘high-impact’ are our strategies for implementing high-impact practices?
A consensus is emerging that high-impact practices must, at a minimum, require that students: reflect, at a metacognitive level, on the assignment or activity; make a sustained effort over a period of time that culminates in a major piece of work; and demonstrate, in a measurable way, outcomes such as stronger persistence, engagement, communication skills, […]
News Roundup: Student Expectations and Intellectual Virtues
An instructor describes how she begins courses with discussions about students’ expectations for the course, and another suggests that teaching character is natural, and instructors should instill the intellectual virtues that are important to them in their students. News and insights delivered to your inbox every week: The ‘Q’ Newsletter. Syllabus Week In her first […]
Teaching Practices for the New Year
News Roundup: Higher Education Leaders on What 2018 Will Bring
Higher education leaders reveal their perspectives on the college landscape in the coming year, and instructors offer resources for finishing the semester on the right foot. Sign up for The Q Newsletter for weekly news and insights. Voice of Colleges and Higher Ed Experts Higher education leaders offer perspectives on and hopes for the college […]
