Taking Advantage of Your Students’ Smartphones

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Machiavelli W. Chao, Lecturer Continuing, The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine Many, many years ago, when I was an undergraduate student, the drill was pretty standard: I sat in a classroom for lectures, did my written homework and physically handed it to a TA. And, if I had […]

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Choosing Assessments That Allow All Students to Succeed

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Dr. Jenny Billings, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College  I’ve written and spoken a great deal on a process for creating goals and objectives to help measure course performance. This year, I think it’s important we talk about student success from the student perspective. As an instructor, I always want to make sure I’m reaching all of […]

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Three Steps to Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAuthor: Essie Childers, Education Professor at Blinn College – Texas Let’s take a moment to step away from facts around student retention, building facilities, growing partnerships and enrollment numbers. Albeit, those topics are truly important and can be found on any college or university’s agenda. What about adding to the agenda expected classroom experiences to […]

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Making Noise with Mobile Learning

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Joseph Ferrantelli, Ed. D., Wagner College I spent 26 years working in one of the largest school systems in the world. Near the latter part of that time, there was a push to use technology in the classroom. So, the school system spent millions on installing interactive boards in every classroom. Early Resistance But […]

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Let’s Be Direct: What’s Your Employability Strategy?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAuthor: Corina Santoro Derived from a post originally posted on WCET Frontiers I had the opportunity to partner with WCET and talk about soft skills—what they are, why they matter, how they impact employability and why the current workplace demands them. I’ve continued this conversation by speaking with educators across the country, often hearing similar feedback: […]

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Teaching Strategies to Motivate Online Students

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Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you teach online courses, you’re aware that your teaching strategies for engaging college students in a virtual setting have to accommodate the lack of face-to-face interactions. One of the greatest challenges for an online student is staying motivated throughout a course. How do you engage students in an online environment? Consider these teaching strategies […]

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Tips for Taking Online Exams

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Reading Time: 4 minutesFor some students, taking an online exam is a new and somewhat bewildering experience. They don’t know what to expect, and aren’t certain of the skills and strategies that will enable them to perform at their best. On a good note, many of the steps they’d take to complete an online exam are quite similar […]

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Adjusting the Lens: Active Learning in Online Classes

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAuthor: Shawn Orr, Director of the Center for Innovation & Teaching Excellence; Faculty in Communication Studies, Ashland University As a college faculty member for more than 25 years, I’ve taught thousands of undergraduate students in a traditional classroom setting, utilizing active learning strategies to engage and involve students in the learning process. Changing charts, card […]

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