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Recovering Student Engagement at Mid-course Time

Faculty Focus

Adding small activities for engagement. In addition to mid-semester check-in techniques, I try to incorporate at least one low stake active learning strategy instead of direct teaching. Anna Conway, EdD is a professor and faculty developer at Des Moines Area Community College.

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Recovering Student Engagement at Mid-course Time

Faculty Focus

Adding small activities for engagement. In addition to mid-semester check-in techniques, I try to incorporate at least one low stake active learning strategy instead of direct teaching. Anna Conway, EdD is a professor and faculty developer at Des Moines Area Community College.

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Trauma-informed practices in higher education: Building support communities from the topdown

EAB

A solution: Build support communities among faculty that model inclusive, consensus-building learning environments and model teaching and learning using trauma-informed evidence-based practices. We also attend AAC&U STEM conferences together and have built a real friendship.