Reading Time: 3 minutesBryan Hochstein is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Alabama When I was a doctoral student and coordinator of a large Marketing class, a Cengage representative showed MindTap to our instructional team — and we weren’t in favor of it. First, we disliked the idea of educators “spoon feeding” or “tricking” […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWebAssign provides instructors with an easy-to-use online learning platform, empowering over 1.5 million students at 3,500+ institutions to succeed in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Astronomy and Engineering. Many instructors find that WebAssign saves them time with pre-built homework assignments, resources and automatic grading. However, they don’t always leverage the other course resources and support available with […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesDiego Mendez-Carbajo is a Senior Economic Education Specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. This article is based on his presentation at the 2021 Economics Teaching Conference. These are his opinions and not those of his employer. Over the last few decades, the professional practice of Economics has markedly increased the volume […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe past few years have been rife with challenges for institutional leaders. From changing health guidelines to quarantines to critical racial justice issues being raised on campus, administrators and professors have been in a constant state of heightened alert. The toll on faculty is increasingly clear. Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Unmet mental health needs for students […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesFree response questions (or open response questions) are a valuable tool to help you understand your students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills. However, they present a challenge for professors when it comes to grading, especially for large class sizes. While many questions in WebAssign are automatically graded, if you decide to incorporate free response questions […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Kajsa Larson is a Spanish professor at Northern Kentucky University In the early stages of designing my course, it was vital for me to find a product that had robust technological features. I needed something that would allow students full access to the course materials that they were studying on one, unified platform. […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesDr. Kathryn J. Moland, PMP, is the Director of Distance Education at Surry Community College I began teaching in the early 1990s by happenstance. I recall working as an IT professional when a colleague who taught part-time at a local college contacted me because the college needed someone to teach a new class about […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnitre Bell is a College Success Facilitator and Instructor at Community College of Beaver County Black history extends far beyond a single month—and it should be taught as such. Posting a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. with a caption that reads “Happy Black History Month” is not a substitute for teaching a holistic […]
