The Cengage Blog - Cengage

The Cengage Blog

Stay up to date on the latest trends and research, plus practical insights and peer-tested tips for the modern college classroom.

picture of healthcare wroking helping someone walk down hospital hallway

Certified Nursing Assistants: The Heroes of Long-Term Care

Karl Andrew Pillemer is a Cornell University Gerontologist and Founder and Consulting Editor of Nursing Assistant Monthly The COVID-19 crisis has placed a spotlight on long-term care facilities. Nursing home...

Tips for Assigned Readings

4 Ways to Get Your Students to Do the Assigned Reading

Dr. Jenny Billings is a faculty member at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. Students do not always complete assigned readings. This is true for chapters, novels, articles, or even single poems. Being...

How to Teach Impeachment

Teaching Impeachment as a Current Issue—Again

Author: Dr. Emily Stacey, Rose State College What a year. 2021 has certainly started with a bang: the four Wednesdays in January brought extremes in emotions and political action. The...

Keep Your Students' Attention Using These Tips

4 Ways to Hold Students’ Attention and Beat the 9-Minute Itch

Author: Brandy Ramsey, Faculty Support and Analytics Specialist, College of Online and Adult Studies and Center for Innovation and Teaching Excellence & Adjunct Faculty, College of Business and Economics, Ashland University...

teaching in a pandemic

Pandemic Teaching: How to Keep Students Engaged

Author: Dr. Emily Stacey, Rose State College Most colleges and universities nationwide are still dealing with ongoing pandemic teaching challenges: delivering instruction online, making mental health a priority, and managing...

How Online Learners and Professors Can Communicate

What I Wish My Professors Knew About Life as An Online Learner

Shaloun Mims is a student at The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a Cengage Student Ambassador One of the most fascinating things about professors is that they were once students. And...

How to Spot Plagiarism

Checking for Plagiarism in Microsoft Word

Author: Corinne Hoisington, Professor of Information Systems Technology, Central Virginia Community College As instructors, we all have our fair share of student essays and papers to read. And yes, occasionally...

An illustration of a diverse collection of people on laptops

How Inclusivity Promotes Student Engagement

Elyse Adler is an Assistant Professor of Information Technology Being inclusive in the classroom has various elements that can—and should—be considered. Not only does inclusivity refer to racial, ethnic, gender...

arrow_left_alt Previous 1 … 44 45 46 47 48 … 104 Next arrow_right_alt