Reading Time: 3 minutesBailey Hull is a writer at Cengage. She’s passionate about equitable education, cozy soups and improv comedy. When it comes to fostering eager learners in your classroom, encouraging a growth mindset while avoiding a fixed mindset is half the battle. The idea of growth vs. fixed mindsets was first coined by Stanford Professor Dr. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Ashley Hall is an experienced business educator with a passion for leadership development Teaching during a global pandemic has certainly been challenging. COVID upended many things we took for granted as commonplace. While most of us are antsy to return to a sense of normalcy, there are some things I started doing in […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesPaul Coats is a Course Supervisor and Core Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University If asked what some struggles you faced as an instructor during the pandemic were, you might easily speak for an hour without pausing to take a breath. However, what you may not be as well-prepared […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesAffordability and low-cost materials continue to be a theme in higher education. According to research, students spent an average of $413 on required course materials and supplies during the 2019–2020 school year. The surprising part? That number had decreased 47% since 2007. The reason is simple: Students and instructors are becoming more resourceful and cost-conscious. […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesDr. Ashley Hall is an experienced business educator with a passion for leadership development Have you ever thought about what it takes for projects to come to fruition in the workplace? Often, there are unwritten rules when it comes to completing work. It is rare for one to successfully generate and implement an idea […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery year, we ask millions of students to make major investments in higher education without the guarantee that they will successfully join the workforce and find meaningful employment. Despite this investment, almost half of higher ed graduates won’t apply to entry-level jobs because they don’t feel they have the right skills. How can we boost […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnitre Bell is a College Success Facilitator and Instructor at Community College of Beaver County Everyone is different in their own way, and we must embrace those differences. As educators, we meet students from various backgrounds—whether it be race, religion or sexual orientation—and it is our duty to ensure an inclusive and high-quality education […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesDr. Billi Bromer is a Professor of Education at Brenau University Digital badges are an element of gamification that you may consider including in an online course. Incorporating gamification doesn’t mean diminishing the content in any way or turning your course into something non-academic. Gamification is accomplished by adding elements of game playing […]
