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5 High-Presence Teaching Tactics for Active Online Learning

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Social learning / human interaction pieces such as discussion forums, social networks, or interviews with experts in the field. Andriotis, 2015) 5. Making use of small group (5-8 students) vs. whole class (30 students) discussions has the opportunity to close the geographically-isolating quality of online education.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

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Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Such policies demonstrate compassion and respect for the complexities of students’ lives (Nilson, 2016; Hammond, 2015).

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The Appreciative Close: A Strategy for Creating a Classroom Community

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One of the practices I have employed in most of my classes during the past several years is “the appreciative close,” which is an offshoot of “the appreciative pause ” recommended by Stephen Brookfield (Brookfield, 2015, pp.95-96). 2017) argue for whole person education as a way to help students bring their lives into the classroom.

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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend. Prior to 2015 it was difficult to find much formal acknowledgement of student food insecurity, let alone services to help. In many ways, it’s a sign of progress. But that is all the more reason to recognize that hope is a strategy.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The December 2022 issue of Jacobin , which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics and culture,” contains a provocative article entitled “I Love Higher Education. It Isn’t Loving Me Back.” ” It’s a tough read.

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

Faculty Focus

This mismatch between expectation and experience can be attributed to the current limitations of AI in simulating truly human-like interactions. Realizing Advanced Foreign Language Writing Development in Collegiate Education: Curricular Design, Pedagogy, Assessment.” Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Pearson Education, 2000.

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Lecturers urged to review assessments in UK amid concerns over new AI tool

The Guardian - Higher Education

ChatGPT is capable of producing high-quality essays with minimal human input ChatGPT: what can the extraordinary artificial intelligence chatbot do? Continue reading.