Faculty Focus Live

May 01 2024 82 ep. 17 mins 57

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We're here to bring instructors and teachers inspiration, energy, and creative strategies that they can utilize in their everyday teaching.

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Streamline Your Teaching and Workload with Artificial Intelligence

May 01 2024 16 mins

We are back on the conversation of artificial intelligence (AI) since we’re seeing AI being used more and more in our everyday lives. In this episode, we dive into how AI can offer assistance to faculty overwhelmed by escalating workloads. We’ll explore the practical applications of AI in higher education, from enhancing teaching practices, drafting course materials, and helpin

Wandering Minds: Improving Retention through Retrieval Practices, Interleaving, and Microactivities

Apr 17 2024 17 mins

Have you ever looked at your students and saw their eyes glaze over, knowing they most likely are not retaining anything you’re saying? So, what tools can you implement to help your students retain more of what you teach in class? Today, we’re going to go through study skills you can provide to your students to enhance their recall, and we’ll cover interleaving and microlectu

Unlocking Teaching Excellence: Strategies for Growth

Apr 03 2024 16 mins

What can you do to propel your teaching career, and what advice do some of our great higher ed instructors have for you? In this episode, you’ll be reminded of the importance of remaining open to learning, how to seek mentorship, and how to foster meaningful connections within your academic circle. Additionally, we’ll cover prioritizing work-life quality over monetary incentive

Class Adjourned: The Importance of Ending Well

Mar 20 2024 17 mins

We always talk about the beginning of the course and setting the tone, but what about the end of the course? How can you make your course memorable? How can you make your end-of-course project meaningful? Today, we’ll look at it from multiple perspectives. First, we’ll look inward and outward and ask ourselves pertinent closing questions. Next, we’ll look at how an end-of-sem

The Art of Meaningful Assessment: From Choice Boards to AI-Driven Dialogues

Mar 06 2024 12 mins

Today, we’re going to explore innovative assessment strategies that enhance student learning. We’ll talk about reflection and how to use feedback as a tool for growth and knowledge, and then we’ll talk about asynchronous online teaching assessments such as a weekly choice board or brochure. Finally, we’ll talk about the integration of generative AI in assessment practices.

A Quest for Knowledge: Making Learning Irresistible through Gamification Strategies

Feb 21 2024 16 mins

In this episode, we dive into the power of gamification in education, exploring how it can transform student engagement and motivation. We start by examining the role of failure as a motivating tool within gamified learning, proposing that challenges and setbacks can be reconfigured as stepping stones toward success. We also talk about strategies, such as playful openers, game-infu

Teaching Tomorrow: Unleashing the Synergy Between Humans and Robots

Feb 07 2024 20 mins

In this episode, we dive into the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI tools in education. Dr. Jayne Lammers emphasizes the importance of collaborative exploration, urging teachers and colleagues to embark on a collective learning journey together. We also discuss specific AI tools such as Claude, Bing, Bard, TeachAI, Magic School, and more, and how educators can use these t

My Classroom is a Safe Place: Empowering Trans-spectrum Students

Jan 24 2024 18 mins

Last summer, I attended our Teaching Professor Annual Conference, one of my favorite conferences that we host. If you haven’t been to it, I highly recommend attending it this year in New Orleans. You can check it out at www.TeachingProfessorConference.com. When I attended last year, I went to a session by Jonathan Howle about empowering trans-spectrum students. He said something

Social Media as a Gateway: Forging Connections and Enhancing Classroom Culture

Jan 10 2024 25 mins

Join Staci Gilpin and Courtney Plotts in their research on how social media impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students. They explore the transformative power of social media in bridging a genuine human connection, and discuss strategies to integrate social media into the educational journey, sharing insights on cultivating communities, empowering stude

Mindful Living: Developing Our Mindfulness Muscles

Nov 29 2023 19 mins

As we wind down in the month of December, I’m always in awe at how fast it goes by. I thought it would be a good reminder to slow down this month, to really practice our mindfulness muscles. It’s the season of giving, so let’s give ourselves a break and remind ourselves of what we can do to really live in the moment. Today, we will have Seena and Stuart Haines dive into mindf