Model the behavior that you are asking of the students and consult your peers for best practices.

I appreciated the REFOCUS tool and plan to definitely incorporate it, particularly in the longer courses.

If you can incorporate your passion for your material and relate it, if possible, to your life experiences, then the students will be more engaged and receive the information in a more meaningful way.

I've learnt that if you are able to put yourself in the student's 'shoes' and look at the coursework from their perspective then you will be able to approach the presentation of the material in a method that will be more meaningful to the student.