6 Tips for Women in Tech: A SIMPLE Strategy for Breaking into the Industry

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Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Tanya Mosley, Computer Information Systems Technology Instructor, Chattahoochee Tech, Georgia   In male-dominated industries, some women may face challenges as they try to establish themselves or thrive doing something they love. This was very much true in my case when I decided to pursue a career path in information technology. For this reason, I […]

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Master Business Cases: Plug and Play Business Law Activities

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Lisa Elliott, Cengage Business Law Subject Matter Expert and Adjunct Instructor   As adjunct instructors, we often face a number of hurdles in preparing course materials. While students may enjoy the “war stories” of our daily lives practicing law (and most of us enjoy telling them), the actual course preparation and assessment questions must […]

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3 Things I’m Bringing Back with Me to Campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Kathryn J. Moland, PMP, is the Director of Computer Technologies at Surry Community College   The 2020-2021 academic year was a challenge for many faculty and students as a result of COVID-19. Most of us had to pivot abruptly to an online modality for course delivery and office hours—which complicated teaching and learning for […]

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Teaching Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

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Reading Time: 7 minutesSandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College in Florida.    What a year to remember! We may not know what lies ahead, but we can certainly learn from this past year, make the necessary changes to ensure we are meeting our students where they are and chart a […]

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Embracing the Exchange of Ideas in the Health Information Field

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDana McWay is an expert at Health Care, Law and Ethics and the author of Cengage texts Today’s Health Information Management, 3e and Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Information Management, 5e   Recently, I participated in the annual meeting of the National Advisory Committee in Health Informatics for DeVry University’s Health Informatics Program. This […]

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My Plans for Returning to Campus This Fall

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Reading Time: 4 minutesDr. Jenny Billings is a faculty member at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College    Just before last year’s spring break, we were told to gather what we needed for a couple of weeks of working remotely due to COVID-19 concerns. We did not know for sure at the time, but those weeks turned into months, and those months into over a year. My […]

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Managing Student Expectations Around SAM and the Grading Engine

Managing Student Expectations Around SAM

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Ralph Hooper, Austin Community College   Many instructors adopt MindTap Collections or SAM because they believe it will make their lives easier. It provides handy features like automatic grading and sending immediate feedback and remediation tools to their students. While this is all true, students may have some reservations when they perceive that SAM […]

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Address Readiness Gaps with WebAssign Learn It Modules

Address Readiness Gaps with WebAssign Learn It modules

Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents enter college with a wide range of math expertise, as well as a variety of gaps in prerequisite knowledge. This year, those gaps are even more unpredictable than before due to COVID-related learning loss. This makes it challenging for instructors to support each student and still teach the required course learning objectives. Many solve […]

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