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Teaching Strategies

Find teaching inspiration and practical methods to keep your students engaged and learning.

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How to Build Learning Communities Online

Sherri Singer is a Professor and Department Head for Social & Behavioral Sciences at Alamance Community College in North Carolina.   Learning communities have been a topic of discussion since the 1990s....
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Political Science Discussion: A President’s Privacy vs. Public’s Right to Know

Author: Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Ph.D., Kansas State University The following is a teaching approach to discussing the topic of privacy in your Political Science courses. Read on for teaching tips and questions to...
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Making Your Online Instruction as Active & Dynamic as it was Face-to-Face

Parnella Baul is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Monroe County Community College   Creating online instruction that is as active and dynamic as a face-to-face course involves three key elements: course...
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A Guide to Course Formats [INFOGRAPHIC]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou always put students first. But when it comes to these unprecedented times, what do you need to know about how they’ll receive your instruction? In other words, how can you...
Congressional Committees

Tips to Engage Students on the Concept of Congressional Committees

Author: Andrew Crocker, Instructor, Ozarks Technical Community College   In my opinion, Congress is one of the three biggest conversations we have with our students every year on the subject of American...
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How to Use Oral Exams in Any Course Format

Joseph Ferrantelli is a Professor of Education at Hunter College.   Administering oral exams isn’t something new. If you’re a Language Professor, you often give a section where students have to listen...
Demand for Uniquely Human Skills in the Workplace

Demand for “Uniquely Human Skills” Increases Even as Technology and Automation Replace Some Jobs [INFOGRAPHIC]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite the rise in automation and technology in the workforce, employers are looking for candidates with “uniquely human skills” or soft skills—and these skills are in high demand. A survey of...
Supreme Court Decisions

How to Discuss Supreme Court Decisions on Hot-Button Topics

Author: Helen Knowles, Associate Professor, State University of New York at Oswego   Here’s a great open-ended question for stimulating student discussions, online or in the classroom. Should justices of the Supreme...
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