Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Dr. Emily Stacey, Rose State College This election year (amazingly enough) has been more volatile and uncivil than the 2016 race. Many of my younger students are perplexed as to how to engage in healthy civic discourse that remains civil. Political emotions are running high amid a pandemic, unstable economy and the amplification […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesSandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College in Florida. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires equal access for all students in all courses. Students must be able to access our courses “fully, equally and independently.” Institutions are taking accessibility more seriously as courses continue to move online […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesEssie Childers is a professor of Student Success at Blinn College in Bryan, Texas The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed educators and administrators into an unprecedented, uncertain fall. However, the main goal is to prepare students for success in the online learning environment. One way to accomplish this: meaningful discussions. Edgar Dale’s Cone of Learning […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe number of cyberattacks has reached epidemic proportions. The total amount of monthly malware releases now exceeds 20 million instances. More than 11.5 billion records have been exposed through data breaches since 2005. In 2019, four out of every five organizations experienced at least one successful cyberattack. More than one-third suffered six or more successful […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAuthor: Corinne Hoisington, Professor of Information Systems Technology, Central Virginia Community College As we move forward into the school year and beyond, think of Microsoft Teams as your central hub to collaborate in real time. Using the Microsoft Office 365 suite, you can meet online and integrate your course with many educational apps beyond Office. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnitre Bell teaches College Success and Study Skills at Community College of Beaver County Do you have any students who barely say anything? These students attend every class. They are there, but are they present? Sometimes as educators, we see these students and allow them the status quo. They enter the room and are […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesMelinda Doty is a full-time Faculty Member at East Carolina University January 2020, the start of a new year and new beginnings—or so we thought. Fast forward to March 2020 and the world completely changed. The outbreak of COVID-19, and the global pandemic, forced instructors, like me, into re-inventing our courses for remote or […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesSandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College in Florida. There are so many ways we can support our students. I consider the first level of support to be us educators and teachers. From having well-designed classes, to our thoughtful communication and being present, we aim to ensure […]
