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As Student Engagement Falls, Colleges Wonder: ‘Are We Part of the Problem?’

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These techniques include human outreach, like employing teams of mentors and advisers who proactively check in on students, as well as automated tools that help keep learners on track. And so the online and hybrid courses these institutions spun up during the pandemic came with little of the scaffolding that experts recommend.

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The Online Classroom: Trust, Explore, Engage

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Despite this perception, online learning’s popularity grows as it allows students to access diverse educational opportunities beyond geographical limitations in a cost-effective manner. For example, when showing a video, use EdPuzzle to ask questions DURING the video to keep them engaged. Want better discussion boards?

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Supporting Student Well-being in Virtual Learning 

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For those entering college from low-income households, a historically underrepresented background, or as a first-generation college student, the statistical odds are stacked against you. Research suggests that by increasing course structure in online and hybrid courses, achievement gaps can be reduced—or even eliminated!

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?Can Online Teaching Work at Liberal-Arts Colleges? Study Explores the Pros and Cons

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The findings paint a complicated picture of whether online teaching can work for humanities courses at liberal arts colleges, and how much effort they take to produce. For some students (45 percent of the respondents), the online or hybrid courses were somewhat better or much better than in-person.

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Supporting Student Well-being in Virtual Learning 

Faculty Focus

For those entering college from low-income households, a historically underrepresented background, or as a first-generation college student, the statistical odds are stacked against you. Research suggests that by increasing course structure in online and hybrid courses, achievement gaps can be reduced—or even eliminated!

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The Online Classroom: Trust, Explore, Engage

Faculty Focus

Despite this perception, online learning’s popularity grows as it allows students to access diverse educational opportunities beyond geographical limitations in a cost-effective manner. For example, when showing a video, use EdPuzzle to ask questions DURING the video to keep them engaged. Want better discussion boards?

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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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. Benefits: Accessibility and Faculty Efficiency AI enhances accessibility, a cornerstone of community college missions. Spitale et al.