3 Steps to Maintain Academic Integrity in Online Classes

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College in Florida   C.S. Lewis defines integrity as “doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” Instilling this behavior in our online students is critical to maintain integrity in our classes. Back in the late ‘70s, I attended a military […]

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How to Beat the 24/7 On-Call Feeling When Teaching Online

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Ashley Hall is an experienced business educator with a passion for leadership development   Your cellphone vibrates on the table and your email continues to ding on your nearby open laptop. Is it standard working hours, after hours, the weekend? Sometimes the lines seem to blur when teaching online. Since online education is available […]

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It’s a Historic Year for the 19th Amendment: Here’s How to Discuss It in Your Course

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University Though it might seem like there’s not much to celebrate in 2020, it is a historic year. August 19, 2020, marks the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing that the right to vote could not be denied on the basis of sex. Dr. Heather Ondercin and […]

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Digital Learning Pulse Survey: Immediate Priorities—A Snapshot of Higher Ed’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA survey conducted by Bay View Analytics, in partnership with Cengage, explored U.S. higher education’s response to COVID-19 as well as the industry’s immediate priorities in the wake of the pandemic. More than 800 U.S. higher education faculty members and administrators from over 600 institutions were polled for the survey. The data revealed that a […]

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Proactive Approaches to Stop Cheating and Plagiarism

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAudrey Wick is an English professor at Blinn College in central Texas   Academic integrity is an important component of any higher education course. Establishing that integrity is something instructors can do on day one by addressing class policies against cheating or sharing the institution’s honor code. However, as the semester unfolds, instructors should uphold […]

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What Taking a Math Class Taught Me About Going Online: An Educator’s Perspective

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University I’ve been taking an online Math class this summer to brush up some foundational quantitative knowledge, both for my research and for my methods teaching. I aim to complete a lecture each week, which includes a chapter reading, smaller module videos and some practice problems. Taking a class online […]

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Motivate, Retain and Recruit Employees with Tax-Favored Stock Options

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBy: D. Larry Crumbley, Contributor to the South-Western Federal Taxation series   Stock-based compensation (e.g., stock options and option awards) is generally the largest single component of compensation paid for most of the largest public companies, and companies also offer these types of benefits to rank-and-file employees. Jack Ciesielki in 2017 found that salaries and […]

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