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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

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Data has become the cornerstone of decision-making and institutional strategy in today’s higher education landscape. To truly support student success, we must move beyond the metrics and prioritize the human connections that make higher education meaningful. Simply put, data is not enough. Dr. Rebecca L.

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Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion: The Educational Role of Librarians in Higher Education

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Read the first post about Information Literacy. The first post in this series focused on information literacy. In this second post, Daisy Benson and Melissa Bowles-Terry reflect and share their perspectives on the changing roles of librarians in higher education. Last year I returned to the library faculty as science liaison.

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Supporting the Instructional Design Process: Stress-Testing Assignments with AI

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The answer, I believe, lies in using AI to help clear space for the work only we can dothe collaboration, connection, and critical guidance that makes education transformative. Despite our best intentions, we may not provide enough information, or we fail to anticipate a blind spot that leads students down fruitless paths.

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Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact

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Principle 4: Think in units of three: Explain: Walk the participants through a relatively small piece of information or skill, perhaps (as relevant) providing a model or example that participants can build from. Each insight should be a new contribution to the class reflections rather than the same repetitive information.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.