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 […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Jenny Billings is a faculty member at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College I like being organized. The StudyHub feature in MindTap helps me be just that. With three tiles to collect sharable content, I am easily able to create study guides for my students. The StudyHub app collects the notes, highlights, and bookmarks that I […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Ashley Hall is an adjunct instructor at Abilene Christian University In a recent poll, Cengage found that 36% of instructors are concerned with the burnout and mental health of students. College has always been stressful, but as the world enters the third year of a global pandemic, the pressures have only escalated. While […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesDr. Billi Bromer is a Professor of Education at Brenau University My top ten tips on how to develop grit in students evolve from many of Angela Duckworth’s ideas, and from many years of teaching non-traditional college students. Angela Duckworth explains grit as, “passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is sticking with […]
