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Teaching With Technology in Higher Ed? Start With Relationship-Building.

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Student reflection assignments have been shown to produce cathartic effects on academic performance and even health. When confidentiality is assured, students are often willing to deeply unpack the very unique ways in which they navigate their lives both generally, and in the context of the class that requested the assignment.

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Innovative Schools Find Lessons — and Opportunities — in Remote Learning

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ATI teachers are used to sending and receiving assignments digitally and because of that, the transition to online learning has been smooth so far, principal David Hyman tells me, as he awaits a call from a mentee on day two of closing.

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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. This assignment offered me, as the teacher, a lot to work with. Assign writing that emphasizes sequences.

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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. This assignment offered me, as the teacher, a lot to work with. Assign writing that emphasizes sequences.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

2021), emphasizing the establishment of environments conducive to students’ intellectual development. Discussion boards, reflective assignments, and peer reviews can facilitate this exchange. Such strategies equip faculty with the tools to effectively respond to students’ needs (Rahimi et al.,

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

2021), emphasizing the establishment of environments conducive to students’ intellectual development. Discussion boards, reflective assignments, and peer reviews can facilitate this exchange. Such strategies equip faculty with the tools to effectively respond to students’ needs (Rahimi et al.,