18: Faculty Development in Student Learning Communities: Exploring the Vitality of Mid–Career Faculty Participants

Faculty Learning Communities

1 Jean Layne, Texas A&M University, Faculty Learning Communities, Center for Teaching Excellence, 4246 TAMU, Blocker 232/234, College Station, TX 77843-4246, [email protected]. 2 Jeff Froyd, Texas A&M University, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Zachry Engineering Center, 3128 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3128, [email protected]. 3 Jim Morgan, Texas A&M University, Department of Civil Engi...

Student-Faculty Partnership for Deeper Learning

Expanding the Discussion of Faculty Vitality to Include Productive but Disengaged Senior Faculty

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Faculty-Faculty Interactions in Online Learning Environments

Past research has shown that peer support helps improve faculty activities such as research, teaching, and technology competencies. Using a mixed research method design, this research study investigated resources available to faculty as they teach or prepare to teach online courses at a large Midwest public university. In addition, the study explored the nature of peer interactions that existed...

Faculty and student perceptions of the feasibility of individual student–faculty meetings

The extent to which students feel involved in their education positively influences academic achievement. Individual student-faculty meetings can foster student involvement. To be effective, faculty acknowledgement of the benefit of these meetings is a prerequisite. The aim of this study was to explore faculty perceptions of individual student-faculty meetings. In addition we investigated stude...