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Lumen Learning, a Proponent of OER, Makes First Acquisition to Offer Faculty Coaching

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Lumen Learning, a company that sells low-cost OER textbooks and courseware, plans to start offering professional development services for faculty that can be bundled with its titles. In other words, some of its textbooks are now sold with coaching on how to teach with OER more effectively.

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Care for Faculty in Challenging Times: Considerations for Exploring Hope and Healing

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Universities are increasingly concerned about student success during this era of the Great Disengagement, and faculty success (more specifically, providing care to faculty so they can succeed and in turn support the needs of students) should be an equal priority.

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Care for Faculty in Challenging Times: Considerations for Exploring Hope and Healing

Faculty Focus

Universities are increasingly concerned about student success during this era of the Great Disengagement, and faculty success (more specifically, providing care to faculty so they can succeed and in turn support the needs of students) should be an equal priority.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Currently, she is working as a senior faculty development specialist at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Qatar University.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

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They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.

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How to Encourage Viewpoint Diversity in Classrooms

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Robert Groven, director of the Minnesota Urban Debate League, has been coaching high school debate competitions for more than 30 years, and he’s noticed a marked shift in student behavior in the past decade or so. PAUL, Minn. Groven: I would say there's probably three things rolling there.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Currently, she is working as a senior faculty development specialist at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Qatar University.