Reading Time: 3 minutesWondering how WebAssign can work for your Developmental Math course? In this blog, you’ll run through four different types of WebAssign modules — Learn Its, Responsive Questions, Concept Checks and Math Mindset Modules — and hear from real instructors who are using them in their own courses. Learn Its These mini-lessons tackle your students’ knowledge […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesMelinda Doty is a full-time faculty member at East Carolina University. My favorite MindTap feature is the SAM MindApp. SAM (Skills Assessment Manager) is a built-in program within MindTap. It allows students to use simulation software and exported projects to assess their knowledge in several Microsoft applications. SAM Projects allow me to actively engage students when […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesSama Abou Elkheir is a Business Administration: Information Technology major at North Carolina State University Who I am I am a first-generation college student and U.S. citizen in my family. I am a self-starter and passionate, motivated young woman, and I am excited to share my story. Why did I dual enroll? The pandemic […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesMelinda Doty is a professor at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina The demand for our classrooms to become entertaining vs. educational has heightened over the past few years. Students today need to be captivated when learning. Otherwise, we lose their attention and they do not retain the information. A simple lecture and PowerPoint […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAudrey Wick is an English professor and Cengage faculty partner ChatGPT in higher education is here, and instructors are in a position to steer its use. Of course, that has always been the case. Whether it’s math instructors incorporating the use of graphing calculators or writing instructors leaning into word processor spelling checkers, technology […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesUpdated: 9/21/2023 Tracy Daly is a professor at Cal State San Marcos, National University, Miramar College. As a dietitian and health educator, my favorite MindTap feature is the Diet & Wellness Plus (D&W+) diet analysis MindApp. I teach Health and Nutrition classes at all college levels and use D&W+ in almost every class. The ability […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesAmy Newman is a senior lecturer emerita from Cornell University, SC Johnson College of Business, and author of Business Communication and Character, 11e and Building Leadership Character. We want students to be better people — not just to learn Accounting or Art History, but to make good decisions that affect others in positive ways. […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesDr. Jeff Seaman is Director at Bay View Analytics and Dr. Julia Seaman is Director of Research at Bay View Analytics According to the Digital Learning Pulse Survey (DLPS) conducted in the fall of 2022, a significant majority of students, faculty, and academic administrators believe that the cost of education is becoming increasingly unaffordable […]
