Teacher Appreciation Week 2023: Thank You for My Favorite Class

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Reading Time: 14 minutesColleen Zajac is a Senior Copywriter at Cengage with a zest for learning. She loves rock climbing, mountain biking and coffee—not necessarily in that order.   What are the qualities of a great teacher? Most of us can’t forget the instructor who taught our favorite class. The one who got the lessons to stick. That […]

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Tips for College Freshmen From an Upperclassman

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Reading Time: 4 minutesJulia Simonyan is a junior at San Jose State University   Starting college fresh out of high school can seem scary and nerve-wracking. It’s okay for students to feel that way because college life can be confusing to navigate. As a young freshman back in 2019, I wasn’t exactly prepared for what I was getting […]

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How to Use Conversifi in Your World Languages Course

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKajsa Larson is a Cengage faculty partner and associate professor of Spanish at Northern Kentucky University   No matter how you’re delivering your World Language class, it’s essential that students have low-stakes opportunities for conversation to sharpen their listening and speaking skills. But for a fully online, asynchronous course, this can be a challenge. So, […]

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4 Ways to Be Digitally Sustainable in the Classroom

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Reading Time: 4 minutesSeth Patterson is a Certified Customer Technical Support Representative at Cengage whose interests lie at the intersection of accessible technology, free software and resilience.   Whenever you use a computer or the internet, you use energy. And since energy resources are finite and can hurt the planet (even renewables can be hard to recycle and […]

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Your Healthcare Students Need to Know, It’s About the Patient

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Reading Time: 4 minutesWendy Earthsong, BA, CCS-P, CHPS, is an Associate Professor in the Medical Coding program at Everett Community College   I am a professor in a Medical Coding/Billing program at a community college in Washington state. My experience in the healthcare field began as a certified nursing assistant. I transitioned to management and administration of healthcare […]

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My Favorite MindTap Feature: Late Policy Settings

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBeth Ryan is an Associate Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago   My favorite MindTap feature is the Late Policy setting in the gradebook. Let’s face it, college students have many responsibilities competing for their time and attention. And at this age, time management skills are not always their strong suit as they are […]

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Teaching Sustainability Skills to Students

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Reading Time: 7 minutesCharlotte Ellis studied with the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership and is co-lead of the Cengage Green Employee Research Group alongside her role as Head of Strategic Marketing at National Geographic Learning EMEA   This year, Earth Overshoot Day will land on July 27. This is the day on which we will have used all […]

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Why DEI and CRT Should Not Be Confused

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Reading Time: 5 minutesDr. Cherly Gary-Furdge is a Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at North Central Texas College   After the death of George Floyd, there was an awakening in the United States about issues centered around racism. African Americans became less tolerant and more emboldened to speak out when they identified racism. Many people from other […]

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