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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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High Structure Course Design for Student Engagement, Retention, and Success: Changing Higher Ed podcast 264 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Justin Shaffer

The Change Leader, Inc.

Gateway courses, especially in the first year, continue to be a bottleneck in higher education, resulting in high failure rates, lower retention rates, and widening equity gaps. When given support, professional development, and long-term positions, they become institutional assets. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

Faculty Focus

Scagnoli (2012) has identified several important benefits of microlectures for students: Microlectures allow for self-paced learning. In terms of benefits for faculty, microlectures encourage professors to break down concepts and explain them in a clear and concise fashion (Scagnoli, 2012). Why are microlectures beneficial?

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). Teaching interdisciplinary research practices has gained attention in higher education, shifting from primarily focusing on modeling interdisciplinary research to explicitly addressing how and why interdisciplinary research should be performed (Szostak, 2007). 2017; Liu et al.,

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). Teaching interdisciplinary research practices has gained attention in higher education, shifting from primarily focusing on modeling interdisciplinary research to explicitly addressing how and why interdisciplinary research should be performed (Szostak, 2007). 2017; Liu et al.,

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

Faculty Focus

Scagnoli (2012) has identified several important benefits of microlectures for students: Microlectures allow for self-paced learning. In terms of benefits for faculty, microlectures encourage professors to break down concepts and explain them in a clear and concise fashion (Scagnoli, 2012). Why are microlectures beneficial?

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