Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat you do every day as an educator really makes an impact in your students’ lives. But have you ever wondered if your students remember you? Did lending your ear get a learner to listen? Was staying that extra office hour time well-spent? Did believing in a student give them faith in their abilities? Chances […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesUnderstand Where Passion Starts Without a passion for learning, students can lose focus and interest in completing your course—or worse, their education. A 2009 study by Public Agenda found that 45 percent of recent college dropouts listed boredom as a reason they decided to leave. The good news: Your excitement can be contagious! Expressing your […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesAcross two- and four-year institutions, remedial courses have long been a staple in helping underprepared students ramp up. However, consistently disappointing results have prompted higher education leaders to explore alternatives. Considering only 35% of four-year students graduate within six years, higher education policymakers, organizations and institutions are adopting corequisite remediation in an attempt to boost […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesJanet 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 beginning my undergraduate career, I was thrilled to walk onto the University of California, Santa Barbara campus as an instructor. But I wasn’t […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesShawn 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 for more than a semester, you’ve likely encountered good students who demonstrate non-learning behaviors in your classroom. It could be the student that […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesMatthew 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 basic people skills needed in a professional environment but the technical acumen to go with it. Having some key software proficiencies and experience […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs 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 take back your time while optimizing your impact on students, we asked your peers for their take on course planning. Read on for […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs 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 play in establishing and boosting careers, increasing class signups, building positive reputations and more. Today, actively managing your reputation in person and across […]
