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

Faculty Focus

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 practices can lead to mistrust between students and faculty, harming the educational relationship. References Agarwal, P.

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Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning

Faculty Focus

Would you emphasize a supportive learning environment, cognitive and affective learning, pedagogical design, essential content, creating assessments, providing feedback, integrating technology, or something different? Educational Psychology Review 31, (2): 261-292. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Sweller, J., Van Merrinboer, J.

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How educational therapy can help universities and students succeed

University Business

The field of educational therapy has been gaining more visibility in recent years, with articles in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal spotlighting the growing field. One challenge has to do with the lack of built-in institutional support in higher education settings.

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Institute Uses AI to Promote Equity in STEM Education

Insight Into Diversity

The Inclusive Intelligent Technologies for Education (INVITE) Institute uses AI (artificial intelligence) technologies to make STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education more equitable in K-12 schools.

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Coursera Coach: Providing Essential Learner Support

Coursera blog

higher likelihood of interacting with Coursera Coach, even after accounting for factors like education level and previous platform engagement. Similarly, learners without a college degree or only a high school education were 10.8% 2015) can all deter women or those with less formal education experience to continue in their learning.

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

Faculty Focus

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 practices can lead to mistrust between students and faculty, harming the educational relationship. References Agarwal, P.

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Creating Connections: Team-Building Activities for the Online Classroom

Faculty Focus

Options for creating virtual trivia games, both live and asynchronous, include Crowdpurr and Jackbox.tv , which both use mobile technology to create trivia games for participants. We have used Crowdpurr to create engagement and content interest among online learners.