Embracing the Exchange of Ideas in the Health Information Field

Exchanging ideas in the health information field

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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Five Tips for Student Tech Support in Your Intro to Computing Course

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Reading Time: 5 minutesBy: Sandy Keeter, Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College   Are you a traffic cop, directing and managing the flow of your students and class or do you sometimes feel like a firefighter, constantly putting out fires? While instructors are not expected to be technical support, you are the first line […]

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Lost that Loving Feeling? 5 Tips to Reclaim Your Passion for Teaching

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Ashley Hall is an experienced business educator with a passion for leadership development   Most instructors begin their career in education wide-eyed, full of enthusiasm and joy. The idea of connecting with students and teaching a subject you are passionate about is compelling. You spend time crafting engaging lessons and keeping up with your […]

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Implementing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to Become a Student-Ready College

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Reading Time: 5 minutesDr. Cherly Gary-Furdge is a Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at North Central Texas College   A few years into my higher education career, a young Hispanic woman walked into my office in tears. Despite being a young faculty member, I did not hesitate to ask her what was wrong. She looked at me […]

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11 Must-Have Content Types for Your WebAssign Course

The best WebAssign content types you should use

Reading Time: 6 minutesWe often hear from faculty that you want more questions, more variety and more opportunities to provide innovative content formats to engage students. However, did you know that new questions, resources and content types are added to WebAssign every semester? In fact, a large portion of WebAssign questions go unused. Why is that? One reason […]

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