Engaging Students in Meaningful Learning Experiences
Two years ago, I was invited to deliver a course at a prestigious management school abroad. Though hesitant at first, I accepted the opportunity to
Amal Farhat, PhD
May 2, 2025
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Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects
On our way to developing a curriculum for implementable real-world projects in professional classrooms, an interesting thing happened: Generative AI became ubiquitous. This provided a
Paul Acquaro, EdD, and Steven Goss, EdD
January 15, 2025
Beyond the Classroom: Establishing Partnerships for Real-World Learning and Student Success
Students need to demonstrate their competencies in areas beyond traditional classroom assessments. In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these
Elizabeth Falzone, PhD and Karen Poland, EdD
January 13, 2025
Why Can’t Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World?
As educators teaching in professional studies programs, our aim is to create classroom experiences where our students can work with professional partners, developing projects that
Paul Acquaro, EdD, and Steven Goss, EdD
November 9, 2022
Lights, Camera, Student Action – A Novel Way to Teach and Learn About Leadership
The importance of leadership knowledge and skills in one’s professional and personal life cannot be overstated. Development of leadership capabilities can have a positive impact
Angela Dominelli, PhD, David M. Kile, MS, RPh, and Judy Teng, PhD
September 22, 2021
How to Implement an Unessay Grant Proposal Project
The “unessay” is certainly not a new concept, but it was a Faculty Focus piece by Jodie N. Mader, “The Unessay Experiment: Moving Beyond the
Mary McAleer Balkun
August 20, 2021
Weekly Guidelines for Students in Asynchronous Online Courses
For those of us who continue to teach asynchronous online courses during the 2021-2022 academic year, it’s worth considering how we motivate our students. Reasonably
Stokes Schwartz
August 18, 2021
Course Crafting: Strategies to Enhance Students’ Appreciation of Course Value
On every campus, there is a course or set of courses that students automatically dismiss in their minds, perhaps a math course, a writing course,
Sarah Forbes
May 10, 2021
Can We Talk About It?: Enhancing Student Engagement by Integrating Discussions of COVID-19
This article is featured in the resource guide, Effective Online Teaching Strategies. In the Chronicle of Higher Education’s guide to student engagement, Cavanagh (2019) emphasizes
Dennis Lowe, PhD, and Taylor Lowe, BA
August 21, 2020
Is Your Real-World Experience Real Enough?
As faculty teaching at a professional school, we frequently explain to our students that the activities and projects they have been assigned will give them
Paul Acquaro, EdD, and Steven Goss, EdD
March 11, 2020
