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Embracing the Silence

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This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 17, 2018 Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! First snowflakes of the season today. Winter is settling in out here in the Pennsylvania countryside.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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In response, universities and educators strive to create and nurture virtual relationships and communities that foster positive relational school cultures, understanding student behavior within a social context (Manassah, Roderick, and Gregory 2018, 39). 4 (August 1, 2018): 3640. Manassah, Tala, Tom Roderick, and Anne Gregory.

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Learning to Surf:  Supporting a Campus’s AI Needs 

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What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers. Design Thinking (DT) reminds us instead to begin with audience analysis: the first step in DT is to consider your “users’” needs (Raz 2018).

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To Support Student Success, Faculty and Campus Leaders Need to Feel a Sense of Belonging Too

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Moreover, institutions are grappling with faculty burnout, dissatisfaction, and resignations at growing rates. Dr. Denise Bartell For institutions to truly transform students’ experiences in the classroom, they must support the faculty experience as well.

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Learning to Surf:  Supporting a Campus’s AI Needs 

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What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers. Design Thinking (DT) reminds us instead to begin with audience analysis: the first step in DT is to consider your “users’” needs (Raz 2018).

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

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For example, they allow students to watch videos when they are in quiet settings (Tobin and Behling, 2018, 73, 95, 100). Tolulope (Tolu) Noah, EdD, is the instructional learning spaces coordinator at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), where she facilitates faculty development. Behling (2018). and Kirsten T.

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On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue

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Or think about the late Thomas Knorr, a physics professor at Wheeling Jesuit: he began his intro class by handing students a long, narrow piece of wood and asking them to develop a unit of measurement that they would then have to use all term (Hanstedt, 2018). References Hanstedt, Paul. Creating Wicked Students. Takayama, Kathy.

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