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Special Education Professor Taps into Technology, Grant Funding to Engage Students

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Anya Evmenova, PhD Before Anya Evmenova, PhD, of George Mason University (GMU) became an award-winning special education professor, one of her most influential teachers wasn’t an instructor but a second grader. In 2001, Evmenova left her home in Saratov, Russia, for East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.,

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

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As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. How can we help develop ethical leaders, solid communicators, critical thinkers, and diversity-minded, community-engaged students if students in today’s generation are focused so heavily on technology and their phones?

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. How can we help develop ethical leaders, solid communicators, critical thinkers, and diversity-minded, community-engaged students if students in today’s generation are focused so heavily on technology and their phones?

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Turn it off and on again: digital literacy in college students

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Surely, the kids who have grown up with technology are good at it, right? Those of us who work in universities, whether as faculty, staff, or otherwise, need to remember that students using technology for interaction and leisure doesn’t necessarily translate to familiarity with tools for academic or professional work. link] Prensky, M.

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International Day of Education 2023: “protect the rights of Afghan women”

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International Day of Education 2023 is being marked across the globe, with the driving theme behind this year’s iteration bringing the education of Afghan women and girls into focus, UNESCO has said. No country in the world should bar women and girls from receiving an education. The war against women must stop,” she added.

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The Evolution of Compliance For State Authorization of Distance Education

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The State Authorization Network (SAN) is pleased to release a very thorough examination of state authorization of distance education through the lens of a colleague who witnessed many steps in the development of consumer protections for students participating in interstate distance education.

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The Role of Writing in Communicative Language Teaching: An Investigation of an AI-Integrated Classroom Activity

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Writing also offers a unique space where grammar is applied practically, encouraging students to see grammatical structures not just as abstract rules but as tools for effective communication (Thompson, 2001; Hyland, 2000). Pearson Education, 2000. Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International, vol. 1, 2001, pp.