Volume XXXVIII, No. 6 | February 26, 2016 Teaching as Storytelling: Bringing Interest Back to the Classroom “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?”—Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda We’ve all been in many classrooms: high school history, undergraduate math, graduate level humanities, theatre, philosophy, biology, etc., etc. Look back through your educational career. Who [...]
EdTech: Engaging Students, Increasing Productivity, and Impacting Success We can’t deny that technology is here to stay. However, that is definitely not a bad thing! In fact, using educational technology can help engage students, improve retention, and help students succeed. There are several educational technologies, including free or almost-free ones, that can help you with [...]
Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels: How to Prevent Cheating in Online Classrooms Cheating is a widespread and perennial problem in college classrooms, especially those online. Learn why students cheat, ways that online faculty knowingly or unknowingly contribute to the cheating problem, and 18 strategies that can reduce or eliminate cheating in online classrooms. The webinar facilitator [...]
What's in your Backpack Across the country this semester, students have gone back to college. Their backpacks are filled with textbooks, paper, pens, pencils, laptops, and calculators. Many of those backpacks will weigh more than 30 pounds and be filled with materials that cost students on average $1,250 each semester (College Board). Backpacks are so [...]
Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher - Part II Essie Childers, Professor Blinn College
7 Ways to Create a Warm and Inclusive Work Environment for Adjuncts Essie Childers, Professor, Blinn College
Engaging Professional Development: Best Practices for Adjunct Faculty Members Are you looking for ways to increase adjunct faculty attendance at your professional development sessions? Are you running out of engaging topics? This webinar provides information about best practices for designing an engaging professional development program specifically for adjunct faculty and highlights adjunct-tested and adjunct-approved [...]
Classroom Practices for Learners of All Ages As you look out over your classroom this semester, there will be a variety of learners from ages 16 to 64-plus staring back at you. While it may seem like there is a vast difference in their learning preferences and backgrounds, the reality is they have a lot [...]
Creating a Syllabus That College Students Will Read and Use All across the country this semester, instructors will answer a variety of student questions with, “It’s in the syllabus.” We all struggle with getting our students to read the syllabus and refer back to it. Today’s syllabi are long and filled with policies designed to [...]
Online Orientation Content Associated With Online Student Success This webinar presents research that establishes the need for requiring online orientation prior to students enrolling in their first online course. Discussed are testing students’ reading, writing, technology, self-regulation, and self-efficacy skills, as well as teaching students how to access online campus resources. If warranted, to [...]
