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

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Every new version of Microsoft PowerPoint allowed instructors to embed more and more media and wow students with visually appealing graphics. Including student voices as active and important features of course design is a key component of a classroom based on dialogue, and this is what it truly means to be an inclusive instructor.

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Why Higher Ed Needs to Bridge the Critical Thinking Skills Gap

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Pair that with confirmation bias (the tendency to seek out and believe information that maps to one’s own beliefs) and you have a recipe for trouble. Obviously, when a student’s proposed solution is based on false information or faulty logic, the instructor needs to step in to provide corrections and guidance.