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Faculty learning communities: Why they’re still a great idea

University Business

President Moves : Morehouse’s ‘record-breaking’ leader announces retirement New faculty hires can benefit from FLCs that are designed for new hires. Beyond the typical institutional orientation, new faculty FLCs can be designed for eight areas of importance in higher education ( Beane-Katner, 2011, p.93

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa. Image: Carnegie Mellon University–Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, is the only American campus on the entire continent.

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Lightboards as a Learning Tool in Adult Asynchronous Online Learning

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Lightboards serve as a potential technology to fill this void in asynchronous online courses. Lightboards are a potential solution for helping learners codify more complex knowledge. Cognitive load theory states that our working memory is limited (Sweller, et al., Human memory can only process small amounts of information at once. link] Sweller, J.,

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement. Lynch-Sauer, J.,

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Lightboards as a Learning Tool in Adult Asynchronous Online Learning

Faculty Focus

Lightboards serve as a potential technology to fill this void in asynchronous online courses. Lightboards are a potential solution for helping learners codify more complex knowledge. Cognitive load theory states that our working memory is limited (Sweller, et al., Human memory can only process small amounts of information at once. link] Sweller, J.,

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement. Lynch-Sauer, J.,

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

One approach is for higher administration, deans, and faculty to commit to an interdisciplinary agenda and review course syllabi for evidence of interdisciplinary focus. Faculty development seminars can also be conducted to share best practices in incorporating interdisciplinary knowledge.

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