Synthetic Socrates, Teaching Assistant: How AI Can Restore the Philosophical Classroom – Faculty Focus
When ChatGPT first arrived, many faculty reacted with horror. If an algorithm could write a plausible essay in seconds, what would become ...
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The Hidden Curriculum of Testing: Multiple-Choice Exam Strategies – Faculty Focus
Most people working with university students have encountered it: a student who understands the course material but performs poorly on a multiple-choice exam. If prompted, the student might explain how much they studied ...
College to Career: How Faculty Can Help Students Translate Their Humanities Education – Faculty Focus
Challenges to the utility of Humanities education have become louder and more frequent. The declining number of Humanities majors and the increasing number of applied ...
The Attention Gap: What Faculty and Students Can Do About Distraction
SeventyFour/Shutterstock This podcast episode continues a previous conversation with Dr. Michelle Miller, professor of psychological sciences at Northern Arizona University, ...
Humanizing Generative AI: Three Ways to Keep Students at the Center of Your Classroom – Faculty Focus
Walk into any faculty meeting or office today and the conversation inevitably turns toward artificial intelligence (AI). Some instructors are experimenting enthusiastically, ...
What I Learned from Giving 71 Oral Exams in 12 Days – Faculty Focus
Frustrated with reading countless AI-generated take-home essays and long ago disillusioned with scantrons, I plunged into oral exams this finals ...
Beyond Engagement: Why Higher Education Must Start with Meaning, Not Modality – Faculty Focus
Faculty across disciplines continue to experiment with new pedagogical strategies to address student engagement—flipped classrooms, active learning, flexible assessments, and modality choice. ...
Artificial Intelligence and All That Jazz: Preparing Students for the Future of Work – Faculty Focus
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionize the workforce, and higher education must adapt accordingly to prepare students for an ...
Why Students Ignore Feedback and Tips to Fix It! – Faculty Focus
According to Mather and Scheepers (2025), providing students with feedback is one of the most important aspects for teaching and learning. However, it ...
A Simple Weekly Question That Adds Curiosity and Critical Thinking to Online Courses – Faculty Focus
Asynchronous online courses tend to follow a clear weekly pattern. Students often describe this structure as helpful and organized, yet ...
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