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Women’s History Month 2025: Moving Forward Together

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 7 minutes During the month of March, we celebrate Womens History Month. As a certified Quality Matters peer reviewer, she lends her critical expertise to the development of online courses, creating a quality learning experience for future generations of students. This years theme is Moving Forward Together!

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Can Video Games Provide Meaningful Learning Experiences?

Inside Higher Ed

Somewhat similarly, a recent PBS documentary, Ruthless: The Secret History of Monopoly , shows how a game that originally “ meant to critique capitalism came to embody it.” McCall asks history instructors to embrace video games because they provide an opportunity to discuss and debate the game version of history.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These personalized paths enable learners to use their well-earned skills and knowledge gained through work experience and apply it toward fulfilling a certificate or degree and shortening their time towards completion. Community colleges have a rich history of serving as open-admission institutions and pioneering college access in America.

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Reading, Writing, and Thinking in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

Prioritize Information : Before students can write effectively, they must learn to identify and rank key ideas from their readings, lectures, or discussions. For instance, in a history course, an informal writing prompt might ask students to select the most significant event in a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and justify their choice.

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The future of online learning: learner-centric. Tech-forward

The PIE News

Having strong training, quality assurance, and feedback protocols has been critical in ensuring satisfaction and its responsible in part for Boundless Learning achieving a 95% average retention rate for our partners online programs. About the author: Joshua Richards serves as CEO of Boundless Learning.

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Meet the Authors of New Titles in the Major Problems Anthology Series

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 3 minutes Cengage authors dedicate themselves to producing high-quality content, while also prioritizing a functional learning experience for students, equipping them with background information and tools necessary to analyze the important topics covered in their courses. history, world history and western civilization.

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The AI Advantage: Boosting Student Engagement in Self-paced Learning through AI 

Faculty Focus

It’s no wonder they expect the same from their learning experiences. The rise of self-paced e-learning courses post-Covid is a testament to this shift, enabling students to learn according to their own schedules and at their own pace. AI brings immersion to self-paced learning.