Skip to content
Cengage Logo-Home Page
  • Students
  • Instructors
  • Institutions
  • Sign In
  • Students
  • Instructors
  • Institutions
  • Sign In
The Cengage Blog
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Higher Ed Trends
  • Academic Leadership
  • Affordability
  • Product Updates

Teaching Strategies

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

Today's Learner - Why We Do It

Why I Do It: My Journey to Instructor and What Keeps Me Going

Janet Mizrahi is a Continuing Lecturer in the UCSB Writing Program, where she has taught journalism, science writing, and business/professional writing since 1999. She also blogs for BizComBuzz. Exactly 29 years after...
Women in Higher Education

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 teaching...
Career Readiness

Career Readiness: Acquiring the Skills Needed for Success

Matthew Ponder teaches Geography at Eastfield College in Mesquite, TX. Today’s job market is incredibly competitive. This is especially so for new college graduates, who are expected to not only have the...
Today's Learner

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 you...
Professional Development

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 can...
Teaching Trends

Tips to Manage and Prevent Student Stress During Exams

Tension related to exams can lead to some seriously overwhelmed students. Stress and anxiety are some of the biggest—and most common—obstacles that stand in the way of academic success. According to author...
Nontraditional Learning

I’m a Nontraditional Student: What I Wish My Professors Knew

Between 2005 and 2015, colleges and universities saw a 35% increase in the number of nontraditional students aged 25 to 34. By 2020, that figure is predicted to increase to 46%. Motivated...
Graphic of various employees working together in front of a large computer screen with lists and graphs on it

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 your...
arrow_left_alt Previous 1 … 59 60 61 62 63 64 Next arrow_right_alt

Sign up for higher ed news

Get our Cengage Newsletter for all the latest articles, plus get access to events and free resources.
Subscribe
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • Piracy
  • Subscribe
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Instagram