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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

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Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. Faced with the challenge of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to create course content and respond to emails. For example, look at the log in records. References Bailey, E.

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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

Faculty Focus

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. Faced with the challenge of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to create course content and respond to emails. For example, look at the log in records. References Bailey, E.

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How Professors Can Bring Culturally-Responsive Teaching to Online Courses

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But Chatterjee, an international student from India, did not feel confident about the assignment, and thought it was Western-centric and focused on physical powers associated with attractive males. Based on that feedback, the professor, Julia Parra, says she changed the assignment to make it broader, and more inclusive.

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Course Design as a Gateway to Student Well-being 

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Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Intentional course design, it turns out, emphasizes many of the very same things that support student well-being (Slavin, Schindler, & Chibnall, 2014).

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Teaching Leadership Styles through Superheroes: A Creative Business Assignment

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The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes.

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Course Design as a Gateway to Student Well-being 

Faculty Focus

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Intentional course design, it turns out, emphasizes many of the very same things that support student well-being (Slavin, Schindler, & Chibnall, 2014).

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Teaching Leadership Styles through Superheroes: A Creative Business Assignment

Faculty Focus

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes.