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What I Wish My Professors Knew About Life as An Online Learner

Shaloun Mims is a student at The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a Cengage Student Ambassador One of the most fascinating things about professors is that they were once students. And it’s...

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Zoom Fatigue: How to Prevent Burnout in Students

Beth Ryan is Associate Professor of Instruction in the Business and Entrepreneurship department at Columbia College Chicago I am increasingly more fatigued after teaching synchronous online classes and spending so much...

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Maintaining Emotional Balance While Teaching in a Pandemic

This 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...

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

Dr. 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....

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Helping Online Students Be Successful

Marie Guest is an experienced online educator and instructor at North Florida College Through much trial and error after teaching online and web-assisted courses for over 15 years, I have learned...

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7 Ways to Show Presence and Compassion in Online Spaces

Essie Childers is a Professor of Student Success at Blinn College in Bryan, Texas. Do you feel as if you are building a boat while sailing? Figuratively speaking, many of us...

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Dear Diary: Online Teaching—Are We Having Fun Yet?

Janet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer of professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz. This is part two of my series chronicling...

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Staying Connected and De-stressing During Isolation

Janet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer who teaches professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz. We are social animals, we humans, and...

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