Checking Boxes
This year, a formal grading rubric for the students was introduced to refer to when crafting their class. This rubric ensures that the students are aware of expectations and can help them to craft a near perfect class.
In Two Minds
The POL 210 course at CEFAM is being offered online this semester and is running into trouble. Online courses are not just challenging for students but also present challenges for faculty, too, if of a very different sort.
Fun and Freedom at ECE
The freedom to lecture on global issues and to propose new ways of thinking to a group of bright, engaged students and to really have fun in the classroom outweigh the obvious drawbacks of getting through less material.
The Model UN Club
Professors suffer competing pressures to teach, research and be involved in the lives of their school and students. In smaller institutions such pressures weigh heaviest on the outside lives and time of the faculty.
Towards Best Practice Politics
Achieving a promotion at CEFAM is exciting as it often offers the chance to continue enjoyable parts of a job whilst further developing skills in people management and getting more involved with a fantastic faculty.
Launching a New Online Course
While the face-to-face course remains the most popular choice for students at CEFAM, a new online course has attracted a small group of students for the coming semester.
Publishing and Not Perishing
After a summer break, which saw some publishing projects come to fruition, CEFAM soon begins its Orientation program. Like every semester, it brings with it new opportunities, new challenges and, of course, new students.
Looking Back, Looking Forward
There is much about this year’s classes at CEFAM to be happy. Now, it is time to look forward to a couple of weeks off before the new academic year gets underway in September.
Learning to Teach
College teaching is much like any other profession in that there is a skill set that one must develop. Universities and colleges can and should do more to help early career academics become better teachers.
Building on Student Feedback
Listening to feedback is a crucial part of teaching as it can help improve the classroom experience, the course, and ensure the learning outcomes set are consistently achieved.
