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Professor Streamlines Course with MindTap [SUCCESS STORY]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe technology used to facilitate online learning can sometimes create a lot of extra work for instructors. When Professor Alex Mata started teaching Communication Studies classes online, she found herself spending...
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How to Apply the Carry-Out Method to Your Course Content

Adam Barragato is Assistant Director of Partnerships at Purdue University and former Teaching and Learning Consultant   I never liked eating carry-out growing up. My mom and dad would often go out...
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How to Foster Student Connections in Any Format

Kelly Hinson is an Instructor of Information Technology   Let me be the first to confess that when I started my career as an instructor, I did not see the need for...
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5 Tips for Humanizing Your Online Course

Essie Childers is a professor of Student Success at Blinn College in Bryan, Texas   Many of you may remember the clip from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off featuring the Boring Economics Teacher....
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Making Your Online Instruction as Active & Dynamic as it was Face-to-Face

Parnella Baul is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Monroe County Community College   Creating online instruction that is as active and dynamic as a face-to-face course involves three key elements: course...
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Using Virtual Icebreakers and Fun Activities for a Brain Break

COVID-19 has changed the teaching landscape for myself and educators throughout the world. Now that millions of students have been thrust into an online environment, educators have to seek new ways to...
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3 Strategies for Building Quality Learning Experiences in Your Online Course

Shawn Orr is faculty in the Department of Communication Studies and the Director of the Center for Innovation and Teaching Excellence at Ashland University.    I recently participated in a panel presentation...
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Peer Perspective: Address Readiness Gaps in Advanced Statistics

Instructor and Faculty Partner Wendiann Sethi partnered with the WebAssign team to develop new Precalculus and Calculus review material for Advanced Statistics. The new material will address readiness gaps in statistics students...
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