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 […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesKelly Hinson is an Instructor of Information Technology Let me be the first to confess that when I started my career as an instructor, I did not see the need for student connections. After all, I had made it through a four-year university and could not recall any significant faculty connection I had made. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBailey Hull is a writer at Cengage. She’s passionate about equitable education, cozy soups and improv comedy. With mobile learning materials easier to access than ever, students are engaging with class materials on the go in droves. But it’s not just students who benefit from mobile eTextbooks and assignments—instructors are seeing substantial positive impacts […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy: Courtney Pham, Senior Marketing Instructor, Missouri State University This past year has been especially challenging, if not difficult, for students and instructors shifting online. Instructors had to consider synchronous or asynchronous lectures and come up with thoughtful techniques to keep the students engaged. I wanted to know some challenges students were facing when […]
