Faculty

Faculty presently play a substantial role in shared governance at the vast majority of colleges and universities that partner with Focus EduSolutions. Faculty at the College is responsible for the review, oversight, approval, and maintenance of all program curricula. In addition to the curriculum being owned and maintained by the College, Focus EduSolutions also recognizes that the College ultimately holds admissions, program instructions, and final decisions related to satisfying course components and, therefore, graduation.

Seminars, Webinars, Workshops

We have led workshops and webinars on rubrics and assessment, managing group work online, designing and facilitating effective online discussions, managing larger online classes, and integrating emerging technologies, among others, specific to our partner needs. To support the community of practice among faculty, we love to showcase existing program courses to learn from and help one another in their effort to improve their courses continually. As programs scale, we strive to continually assess needs to stay a step ahead of the training and support requirements.

Sample Sessions

Session 1: Course Design for Student Engagement

Review current course to identify best online practices; Use Hidden Code to create a more immersive experience; Create content which allows the student to create instead of consuming, describe how to use questionnaires or survey to inform content, describe effective use of discussion forums

Session 2: Accessibility and Accommodations

Objectives: Describe how the course will comply with student accommodation guidelines, analyze the efficacy of synchronous vs. asynchronous delivery, design course to be attractive and compliant with UDL guidelines; Zoom transcripts and captioning

Session 3: Assessments

Objectives: Create assessment which aligns with discipline-specific outcomes; Describe ways to ensure the academic integrity of assessments submitted online; Describe alternate forms of assessment such as projects, show and tell, and portfolios; Create an assessment with multiple access point for hybrid/HyFlex learning

Session 3: Hybrid Streaming or HyFlex

Hybrid Streaming is blending face-to-face and online meeting synchronously at the same time. Students may attend face-to-face synchronous class sessions on the ground or participate online, either synchronously (streaming) or asynchronously (Canvas). The instructor provides simultaneous instruction for students participating in both in-person and online.