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The end of in-person learning? Setting higher ed’s online goals for 2025

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Students today read less than 15% of their assigned materials a concerning trend that demands a new approach to how learning content is delivered and consumed. This shift raises a key question: Are traditional classrooms becoming obsolete, or can a blended model offer the best of both worlds while meeting students’ diverse needs?

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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

Peer observation is a valuable university practice with mutual benefits for the observer and observee, with an emphasis on learning, reflection, and improvement to enhance teaching methods and overall practices. Based on the focus, peer observations can be classified into two models: formative-developmental and summative-evaluative.

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

Encourage Faculty-Student Engagement Outside the Classroom: Encouraging faculty to engage with students outside the classroom through office hours, mentoring programs, and informal interactions can significantly enhance student-faculty relationships and foster a sense of belonging.

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

Faculty Focus

I wanted to see if I could task AI with modelling hundreds of student responses to my prompts in the hope that this process might yield the kind of insight I was too close to see. The AI modeled responses also revealed that students might have difficulty transitioning between personal narrative and academic analysis sections.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

Community of Inquiry (COI): Made up of three presences (cognitive, teaching, and social), the CoI framework attempts to explain the learning process for students in online learning environments. Mentors can be faculty members, alumni, or industry professionals.

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The Power of Choice: Unlocking Student Engagement in the Online Classroom

Faculty Focus

As online education continues to evolve, the challenge to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences is paramount. This method, however, often leads to a lack of student engagement and, consequently, less effective learning.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

Assessment has traditionally been viewed as an action conducted after the learning experience has taken place, resulting in it being a separate task from instruction. Moreover, assessment should be incorporated as an integral component of the student learning experience. This is especially true for higher education.