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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. Faculty development can include HyFlex training to optimize this balance.

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It Makes a Difference When Teachers Care

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131) In many of the comments included in the article, students are thanking faculty members for what ought to be considered part of the job—being there during office hours, helping when students didn’t understand, and being respectful of students, for example. Maryellen Weimer, PhD has edited The Teaching Professor since 1987. Robinson, E.

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Embracing the Silence

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In addition to editorship of the newsletter, Dr. Weimer has authored and edited eight books; most recently Learner-Centered Teaching and Enhancing Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning. Maryellen Weimer , PhD has edited The Teaching Professor since 1987. She is a Penn State Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning. and Michaelides, P.

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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. Faculty development can include HyFlex training to optimize this balance.

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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. New York: Basic Books. References Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P. An exploration of icebreakers and their impact on student engagement in the classroom.

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It Makes a Difference When Teachers Care

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131) In many of the comments included in the article, students are thanking faculty members for what ought to be considered part of the job—being there during office hours, helping when students didn’t understand, and being respectful of students, for example. Maryellen Weimer, PhD has edited The Teaching Professor since 1987. Robinson, E.

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BookSnaps for Enhancing Student Learning

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Instead of snapping selfies, a student makes a BookSnap by taking a photo of a passage from a book, article, or other source and adding images and text to interpret and reflect on what they read (Figure 1). These can be emotions, thoughts, or feelings provoked by their reading.

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