Addressing Connectivity and Technology Access Issues in Education

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Ashley Hall is an experienced business educator with a passion for leadership development   COVID-19 thrust many students and employees home unexpectedly. While cell phone ownership and computer access are often viewed as commonplace in America, in reality disparities in access to these tools exist. This issue was highlighted when schools switched to virtual […]

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Teaching Time Management to the New Online Learner

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Reading Time: 3 minutesEssie Childers is a professor of Student Success at Blinn College in Bryan, Texas   In my Learning Frameworks class, I gave my students an online Excel spreadsheet to list their daily activities and the number of hours it took to complete them. Several students’ activities totaled 28–30 hours, which made me realize everyone could […]

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Installing Microsoft Office 365 [VIDEO]

Installing Microsoft Office 365 [VIDEO]

Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Corinne Hoisington, Professor of Information Systems Technology, Central Virginia Community College   Do your students have questions about downloading Office to their PC or Mac? If you are teaching Microsoft Office using Cengage solutions (MindTap/SAM), your students will need the full version of Microsoft Office 365 to complete SAM Projects. The good news is […]

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Maintaining Emotional Balance While Teaching in a Pandemic

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Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post’s authors, Anitre Bell and Essie Childers, are college educators and Cengage Faculty Partners   Ready or not, colleges and universities are opening doors to students, offering different learning formats. Some classes will be entirely online, while others are planning for hybrid formats, including HyFlex. Then there are those campuses that are returning to […]

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How to Prepare Prerecorded Presentations That Work

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJoseph Ferrantelli is a Professor of Education at Hunter College   If you’re teaching a college course online like so much of the country, it’s likely you’ve recorded or prerecorded presentations for your students. But chances are, if you do record presentations, you don’t think too deeply about the process, you just do it. In […]

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How Teaching Online Can Make Your Life Easier

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Reading Time: 4 minutesDr. Jenny Billings is a faculty member at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College   The past six months have taught me a lot, especially about online instruction. Due to COVID-19, I have been working remotely since mid-March. I used to think that I wanted to work from home. Not anymore—I miss my students and faculty so much! […]

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The Importance of Recognizing Constitution and Citizenship Day

Constitution and Citizenship Day 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University September 17 is primarily known at most universities as Constitution Day, but it is also designated as Citizenship Day. In fact, Constitution Day originated as a celebration for U.S. citizenship. In 1940, Congress passed a joint resolution authorizing the President to set aside the third Sunday in May as […]

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Classroom Activities to Commemorate Constitution Day 2020

Constitution Day 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University Constitution Day takes place this year on Thursday, September 17; it serves as the day to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Constitution Day happens to fall early in the semester when I’m already covering the Constitution in my Introduction to American […]

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