Reading Time: 4 minutesJill West is a Cengage author and an instructor at Georgia Northwestern Technical College Children are born with an innate sense of curiosity, but few develop sophisticated learning skills without guidance. The biggest impact instructors can make on their students’ success is not accomplished through covering all learning styles or sufficiently entertaining students. It’s […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy: Sandy Keeter, Professor in the Information Technology Department, Seminole State College With SAM Projects, students apply their acquired MS Office skills to live-in-the-application projects that are automatically graded. SAM utilizes incident reporting to ensure that students are completing their own work. SAM Projects empower instructors to enforce academic integrity in their courses through […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAudrey Wick is an English professor at Blinn College in central Texas I remember the bright-eyed enthusiasm with which I approached the process of essay grading for the first time as a rookie instructor. I was so excited! The essays seemed like such a gift! They were, after all, the voices of my students […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCollege enrollment among those who haven’t traditionally pursued undergraduate credentials, including persons of color, has increased in the last 20 years. However, racial gaps and inequities remain. Some institutions are taking action to combat these disparities, especially after racially charged events brought these issues to the national spotlight. While at a high level, much must […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesElyse Adler is an Assistant Professor of Information Technology In the online learning environment, it’s tempting to get right to the point and only give students the meat and potatoes, so to speak, of the material. Because online learning is so different from in-person instruction, we need to get creative in how we engage […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being asked to dance,” said Vernā Myers, VP of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix. So, if diversity initiatives put forth by institutions are an invitation, how can instructors ensure students feel welcomed, accepted and embraced in their courses? From course materials to classroom culture, fellow faculty are […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesSandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College in Florida. What is Implicit Bias? Implicit bias, also known as unconscious bias, are attitudes and stereotypes that we unconsciously apply to certain groups of people. The term, implicit bias, was defined in 1995 by psychologists Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesMeilani Conley is an Instructor in Computer and Information Sciences at Southwest Baptist University. Teachers may find it both daunting and difficult to naturally integrate diversity into their curriculum, but I aim to demystify the process in this post. Designing your curriculum with diversity in mind can help enhance learning and foster discussions that […]
