Our Students are Anxious: Should We Help? This post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared on BizCommBuzz. At the beginning of this term, I was notified that I had a disabled student in one...
6 Higher Education Trends from the Last Decade As educators forge ahead into the new year, we’ve compiled a quick review of some of higher education’s biggest trends from the last decade. These six overarching themes and topics remain...
5 Reasons Digital Learning is Here to Stay From industry to communication; energy to entertainment—digital transformation is reshaping virtually every facet of modern life. For those in the higher education space, this is equally true. Many of today’s students...
Is College Worth It? One Student Weighs In With the rising cost of tuition and substantial time commitment college requires, students need to feel like their investment is worthwhile. According to our study, nearly 90 percent of students cited...
The Secret(s) to Managing Challenging Student Behaviors Shawn Orr is Director of the Center for Innovation and Teaching Excellence, and a faculty member in the Communication Studies Department at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. If you’ve been...
3 Steps to Better Course Planning As an instructor, you work hard to empower your students and help them succeed. When it comes to prepping for your courses, however, it can be an overwhelming—albeit exciting—process. To help...
5 Easy Steps to Building a Personal Brand as an Instructor As we explored in our first post in this series, the importance of a personal brand for educators and students cannot be understated. In it, we discussed the role personal brands...
Creating an Effective Syllabus + Free Template Whether you’re offering a new course, reworking an existing one or just getting started in your higher education instruction, the college syllabus is an invaluable tool that helps both you and...