How Cultural Differences Impact Education

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAnitre Bell is a College Success Facilitator and Instructor at Community College of Beaver County   Cultural differences affect a lot more than we like to let on. In some situations, those differences can mean life or death, and in others, the impacts are less dramatic. For example, people’s cultural differences can affect how others […]

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Digital Badges in Education: A Win for Students and Instructors

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Billi Bromer is a Professor of Education at Brenau University   A process for earning digital badges can provide a simple way for you and your students to share responsibility for student success in your online course. Digital badges can be provided to students who complete additional instructional activities that increase knowledge related to […]

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Designing a Course to Meet Different Learning Styles

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Jewrell Rivers is a Professor of Sociology, Marriage and Family and Criminal Justice at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College   No two students learn the same. So, as faculty, we should adapt our teaching to fit students’ learning styles. To better address and engage your students, I recommend adapting or designing a course to incorporate […]

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Keeping Students Engaged With a Bingeable Class

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Reading Time: 5 minutesDiantha Ellis is Associate Professor of Business in the Stafford School of Business of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College   Why is it so easy to binge a show like The Witcher, but so hard to keep students focused throughout class? The two are roughly the same length of time, give or take a few minutes. […]

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Upskilling Students for the Future Workplace

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Reading Time: 6 minutesPaul Coats is a course supervisor and core lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University   For years, students have cited employment as their primary reason for attending higher education institutions. Their reasons vary from landing a good-paying job, to expanding their employment opportunities, to learning key skills necessary for their […]

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My Favorite MindTap Feature: Simulation Activities

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDr. Jewrell Rivers is a Professor of Sociology, Marriage and Family, and Criminal Justice at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, specializing in family relations.   My favorite feature in MindTap is the Simulation Activity type. You can find these activities within the Explore assignment located in the “Apply It!” folder. I incorporate simulation activities in my […]

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Connecting Theory to Practice in Information Technology with MIS

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Reading Time: 3 minutesHossein Bidgoli, Ph.D. is a Professor of MIS at California State University, Bakersfield, and author of MIS from Cengage   Teaching students’ first course in Information Systems and Information Technology (IS/IT) is a challenging task. Students come to the course with different levels of knowledge – or none at all. Teaching pure theory to all […]

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Four Time-Saving Teaching Hacks to Make Your Day Easier

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAnitre Bell is a college success facilitator and instructor at Community College of Beaver County   The last few years of teaching have been challenging for everyone. Education as we know it has forever changed. I often asked myself, how will I connect with students in this climate?  The word simplicity came to mind. When […]

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