ePortfolios: Useful Tips to Get You Started

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThinking about implementing an ePortfolio into your class or your institution? Dr. Tanya Martini, professor in the Psychology Department at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, talked with professor Jeff Armstrong about some of her experiences using ePortfolios. I’ve extracted some of her key points into the 1-2 minute audio bites you can listen to […]

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6 Peer Tips to Save Time in WebAssign

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Reading Time: 3 minutesWhether you’re new to WebAssign or a long-time user, you’re bound to find new shortcuts that help you save time in your course. To get you started, we asked instructor and Faculty Partner Brien Dunn to share the time-saving hacks he’s discovered within WebAssign.  Keep reading for 6 peer tips to help you streamline your course prep and save time in WebAssign […]

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College Success and Career Tips for Students: Free Resources from Cengage Unlimited

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith many campuses closed and classes moved online, students are now adapting to a new era of social distancing and remote learning. But it can be difficult trying to stay productive when your bedroom is your classroom, or to stay fit when you no longer have access to the campus gym. To help, we’ve pulled […]

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Dealing with Student Anxiety in the Global Pandemic

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJanet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer who teaches professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz. [Portions of this post originally appeared in BizComBuzz but have been updated to reflect the pandemic’s effect on our students.]   Even before COVID-19 turned our world upside down, I had […]

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Making the Last Day of Class Count

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThis post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared on BizCommBuzz.   By the end of the academic year, both students and instructors are ready to call it quits. Students are bleary-eyed from finishing assignments and studying for finals. Instructors are gearing up for marathon grading sessions. It’s no wonder that in […]

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The Emergency Pivot to Online Learning in Higher Ed [Infographic]

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe emergency pivot to online learning has impacted many campuses and created uncertainty for institutions across the country. To salvage the semester, 97% of institutions called upon faculty with no prior online teaching experience for some of their courses. Adapting curriculum on the fly, faculty were forced to adjust student expectations and explore new instructional […]

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Online Courses: Tips for Student Success in this “New Normal” Format

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Reading Time: 4 minutesDue to COVID-19, many, if not most, college students have been learning fully online, finishing out their semesters or courses from home and in front of the computer. Though the initial transition from on-campus classroom to virtual “classroom” has passed, there’s still a need to keep students motivated and on the path to success—especially as […]

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