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BookSnaps for Enhancing Student Learning

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While this playful interaction between users may seem like the antithesis of serious learning, Tara Martin (2017) found a way to channel student interest in sharing annotated images toward an educational purpose by creating what she calls a BookSnap. 2017, August 14). Experiment with BookSnaps in your teaching. References Martin, T.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

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It has become a focus of significant learning institutions (Gao, 2020; Gutierrez, Sanchez, Castaneda, & Prendas, 2017). Together, they create knowledge and achieve learning outcomes (Downing, 2017; Ramos, Cattaneo, de Jong, Espadeiro, 2022). The evolution of research on computer-supported collaborative learning. Balachef, S.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

It has become a focus of significant learning institutions (Gao, 2020; Gutierrez, Sanchez, Castaneda, & Prendas, 2017). Together, they create knowledge and achieve learning outcomes (Downing, 2017; Ramos, Cattaneo, de Jong, Espadeiro, 2022). The evolution of research on computer-supported collaborative learning. Balachef, S.

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

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Instead of potentially “telling faculty that what they have been doing for the past five, 10,or even 30 years may not be the most effective approach—especially for today’s students” ( Brownwell & Tanner, 2017 ), participation in an FLC can be framed as an opportunity for focused work on pedagogy and recognition of that work.

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BookSnaps for Enhancing Student Learning

Faculty Focus

While this playful interaction between users may seem like the antithesis of serious learning, Tara Martin (2017) found a way to channel student interest in sharing annotated images toward an educational purpose by creating what she calls a BookSnap. 2017, August 14). Experiment with BookSnaps in your teaching. References Martin, T.

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. Joint Task Force on Student Mental Health (2017). Higher Education Today (2022).

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Learning to Surf:  Supporting a Campus’s AI Needs 

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Surfing lessons: Integrating GAI support into an academic program I’ve led the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program at CSUF—a large HSI, public land-grant university in Orange County, CA—since 2017. Leslie’s professional development cultivates faculty’s ability to teach with writing and to adapt to AI’s presence in education.