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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Spitale et al.

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Report: Faculty development courses raise educator and student achievement

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Your faculty may be made up of world-renowned professors, but that doesn’t mean students are grasping the material. Unless those educators are naturally talented, you may want to consider enrolling them in a faculty development course if they are student-facing. 2022 to May 2023.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Spitale et al.

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

Even more distressing is the one in 20 college students who had created a suicide plan in the past year (Higher Education Today, 2022).” Use strategies that provide clarity Both UDL and trauma-informed pedagogies document the importance of clarity (CAST, 2022; Hanover, 2019). Wisner, 2022). A clear agenda for each class.

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Motivational Force: Building a Foundation for Student Success

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From 2021 to 2025, she directed the Center for Teaching and Learning at Mercy University, where she oversaw faculty development and strategy across 100 academic programs. Retrieved May 31, 2022, from [link]. References Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P. Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 1 (1), 25-48. Tugbong, G.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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Effective inclusion involves providing appropriate accommodations and support tailored to the unique needs of each student (Dyer 2022, 1712). Faculty Training and Development Preparing faculty to create inclusive online learning environments is crucial for promoting access, engagement, and inclusion. Dyer, Rebekah.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

Faculty Focus

Zheng (2022) defines a microlecture as “a short video, usually produced by the instructor, that explains a single key concept or a specific skill.” Microlectures have three key characteristics (Zheng, 2022). So, what is a good alternative? Enter microlectures. What are microlectures? Third, microlectures are interactive.

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