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Discouraging Social Loafing in Group Work

Janet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer who teaches professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz. Nearly everyone who has ever worked on a...

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College Graduates Optimistic About Future Despite Mounting Loan Debt & Housing Costs [INFOGRAPHIC]

Cengage sponsored a survey conducted by Wakefield Research to explore the opportunity environment for graduates across 17 indicators, including economic, employment, social and personal well-being. The findings revealed that students are largely...

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How to Build Learning Communities Online

Sherri Singer is a Professor and Department Head for Social & Behavioral Sciences at Alamance Community College in North Carolina. Learning communities have been a topic of discussion since the 1990s....

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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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How to Use Oral Exams in Any Course Format

Joseph Ferrantelli is a Professor of Education at Hunter College. Administering oral exams isn’t something new. If you’re a Language Professor, you often give a section where students have to listen...

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Cultivating Growth Mindset in the Classroom & Beyond

A growth mindset isn’t just for the business world—applications in the classroom have critical implications for success, too. Carol Dweck’s research, summarized in her book, Mindset, shows how growth and fixed mindsets...

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How to Ensure Your Students are Keeping Up with Your Online Course

Elyse Adler is an Assistant Professor of Information Technology With the number of students enrolled in online learning increasing, it’s important that instructors understand the differences we face in keeping our...

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Tips for Reaching “Unreachable” Students

Anitre Bell teaches College Success and Study Skills at Community College of Beaver County Do you have any students who barely say anything? These students attend every class. They are there,...

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