Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

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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Today's Learner

APRIL 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Since launching the Student Assistant in beta last year, weve been working with thousands of faculty and students to train it and bring a personalized learning experience to more students. Personalized support across learning activities Weve told you how the Student Assistant personalizes learning.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

The diverse needs of in-person and virtual students must be balanced to ensure equitable learning experiences. The Flipped Classroom Model To further enhance engagement, we adopted a flipped classroom approach. This “think-pair-share” approach not only fostered critical thinking but also ensured everyone had a voice.

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Today's Learner

MARCH 31, 2025

Visible Body activities help students exercise factual and spatial knowledge With Visible Body embedded into the MindTap Learning Path, students can access accurate visual representations, anatomically correct 3D models and immersive activities.

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MindMax

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Integrating New Systems and Teams The acquisition of Arizona’s global campus presented a fundamental challenge: integrating two very different educational models—Arizona’s traditional brick-and-mortar system and UAGC’s online-first approach. The latter, he suggests, can enhance a student’s learning experience.

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Today's Learner

APRIL 7, 2025

And in recent years, weve seen advances in technology and an increased emphasis on flexible learning environments reshape the higher ed classroom, resulting in both blended and hybrid learning models becoming more common. Blended and hybrid learning: a breakdown The definitions of both terms may vary.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

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.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

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. Student Voices: Encouraging students to share their perspectives and experiences can create a more inclusive classroom environment.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The integration of AI in education holds great potential for transforming teaching and learning experiences (Hussain et al., AI-powered tools can reduce the time teachers spend on tasks and provide personalized learning experiences by adapting content and instructional strategies to the differentiated needs of each student (Xia et al.,

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Today's Learner

APRIL 2, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes The rapid advancements in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) are reshaping education, offering innovative tools for content creation, adaptive learning, and instructional strategies. Responsible use, complemented by human oversight, is essential to maintaining educational integrity.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

Simply, it is the way it combines cognitive and educational psychologyhow people learnwith the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), which focuses on how educators study and improve their teaching to increase student learning (McKinney, 2007). Michael Kiener is a professor at Maryville University of St.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

These COIL-centered standards support Virtual Exchange (VE) & intercultural online learning experiences. Virtual exchange, including one of its most comprehensive forms, collaborative online international learning, is an innovative educational model for meeting this growing need.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

However, ethnic culture goes beyond identity and significantly shapes the learning process. The ACCCE model is a framework for applying culturally responsive teaching practices for meaningful learning outcomes (Plotts, 2022). Community culture in a classroom is a powerful force that can shape the overall learning experience.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Others argue that AI, in various forms, has been used to elevate students’ performance in the classroom, and in some cases, overcome barriers to learning (Shippee 2020, 20). AI can also be used as a classroom tool to reframe the learning experiences and as a “partner” in learning (Benson 2023, 30).

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University Business

JANUARY 20, 2023

From K-12 to higher education, AI is set to change the way teachers and students learn, interact, and engage with each other. But before we all start panicking about robots taking over the classroom, let’s take a closer look at how AI can be used to enhance the learning experience for both educators and students.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

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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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Implement a Customer Service Model: This can significantly enhance student retention by prioritizing personalized, responsive support throughout their academic journey. By offering clear communication, accessible resources, and proactive outreach, institutions create an environment where students feel valued and supported.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

If they really want to maximise their students’ and graduates’ likelihood of success within the workplace then they need to provide learning experiences where such intersectionality of differences are not only recognised but actively used in an interactive learning experience.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

While I was familiar with the benefits of blended learning (e.g., flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic. 2019; Vallée et al., Check out this Nearpod interactive online lesson as an example.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The integration of AI in education holds great potential for transforming teaching and learning experiences (Hussain et al., AI-powered tools can reduce the time teachers spend on tasks and provide personalized learning experiences by adapting content and instructional strategies to the differentiated needs of each student (Xia et al.,

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Speaking in Welsh parliament on October 18, education and welsh language minister Jeremy Miles described the response to the program as “fantastic”, and said the successful projects would create opportunities for over 5,000 staff and learners who “are going to have life-changing learning experiences across the world”. .

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Coursera blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Our Data Science and Teaching & Learning teams recently collaborated to investigate data from Coursera’s global platform. We developed a prediction model to identify design factors in the first week of learning that drive persistence through the course and entire certificate program on Coursera.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

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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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

It’s no wonder they expect the same from their learning experiences. Traditional classroom models, while still vital, are no longer the only avenue for knowledge acquisition. But how can we ensure these learning experiences remain engaging, personalized, and effective?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

The four objectives are: to sustain an association prepared to thrive and champion liberal education globally; to create a model for institutional transformation; to partner with educators and institutions to transform the student learning experience; and to fully engage members around the world. “As

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By Matt Riddle, Principal and Director of Learning Experiences, Curio The higher education sector is undergoing a technological revolution, with AI tools like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Midjourney leading the charge. These tools are transforming the way students learn and the way universities and workplaces operate.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2024

We must ‘unlearn’ traditional methods and acquire new skills, such as facilitating online interactions and assessing student learning online (Garnham and Kaleta 2002, 1-5). I have now created a way for them to get out and take control of their learning, while still fitting into the lesson I want them to take from my class.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In the short term, the answer lies with countries whose own educational infrastructure is significantly more advanced, both in terms of traditional in-person teaching models and online learning – countries like the UK. it is also important to think about this way of studying in terms of the student experience.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Significance in education Enriched learning experience: When students develop an appreciative mindset, they become more motivated and engaged in their learning journey. Journal of College Reading and Learning , 42(1), 79- 88. Appreciative pedagogy: Constructing positive models for learning.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MARCH 26, 2025

Promoting a Flexible and Inclusive Learning Environment Flexibility is key to student retention in higher education , particularly for non-traditional students balancing work, family, and school. Online learning options, hybrid models, and asynchronous coursework can make higher education more accessible.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

However, ethnic culture goes beyond identity and significantly shapes the learning process. The ACCCE model is a framework for applying culturally responsive teaching practices for meaningful learning outcomes (Plotts, 2022). Community culture in a classroom is a powerful force that can shape the overall learning experience.

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University Business

AUGUST 28, 2024

Institutions looking to solidify their non-degree micro-credential and digital badge strategy can model solutions from these 10 schools where thousands of students are upskilling in fast-paced, dynamic environments. It took 10 months for the university to implement the system.

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ACRLog

JANUARY 31, 2023

The way it tailors to different writing styles is interesting, and I think it could make for a fun class exercise and learning experience about writing for a specific audience. If you ask ChatGPT for an essay with citations, it says this: “Unfortunately, as a language model AI, I am unable to do proper citation in an essay format.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Significance in education Enriched learning experience: When students develop an appreciative mindset, they become more motivated and engaged in their learning journey. Journal of College Reading and Learning , 42(1), 79- 88. Appreciative pedagogy: Constructing positive models for learning.

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The PIE News

APRIL 4, 2024

” The digital classroom, initially created for its B2B and corporate training channel, has allowed Wall Street English to shift to a hybrid-based model as well as accelerate into new developing markets, McGowan stated. The offer benefits both students and Wall Street English franchisees, he suggested.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Two consensus reports by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) determine educational programs that integrate learning experiences in the humanities, arts and social sciences with science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine lead to improved educational and career outcomes.

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