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MindTap Helped This Professor Care for Her Mother and Students [SUCCESS STORY]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen adjunct professor Lori Aden found out that her mother had Alzheimer’s disease, she took on extra responsibilities to help pay for her care. But, this made it hard for her...

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My Top 5 Tips for Motivating Students

Melinda Doty is a full-time Faculty Member at East Carolina University Motivating students has never been more important than it is now. With many classes pivoting to remote or hybrid learning,...

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From Medicine to Aerospace: How COVID-19 Changed My Career Plans

Sara Glickman is a junior at Florida Atlantic University Let’s be real: the pandemic has changed many aspects of everyday life—grocery shopping, attending school or work and even things as simple...

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What Tetris Taught Me About Flexible Teaching

Adam Barragato is Assistant Director of Partnerships at Purdue University and former Teaching and Learning Consultant The game of Tetris has more in common with flexible teaching than you might think....

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My Favorite MindTap Feature: The Progress App

My favorite MindTap feature is the Progress App. Within the Progress app, you will find a gradebook with powerful data about engagement and class progress. Students can also view their learning profile....

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Getting Started with Active Learning Strategies [eBook]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBailey Hull is a writer at Cengage. She’s passionate about equitable education, cozy soups and improv comedy. What is active learning? Broadly speaking, active learning strategies are activities that engage...

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Professor Streamlines Course with MindTap [SUCCESS STORY]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe technology used to facilitate online learning can sometimes create a lot of extra work for instructors. When Professor Alex Mata started teaching Communication Studies classes online, she found herself spending...

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Top 10 College Study Tips [CHECKLIST]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBailey Hull is a writer at Cengage. She’s passionate about equitable education, cozy soups and improv comedy. Some college study tips suggest that students devote two hours of study for...

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