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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

A clear description of grading policies in your syllabus A transparent, clear list/description of all assignments and deadlines directly in syllabus Clear verbal and written directions for all course assignments, activities, and assessments Clear communications, instructions, and feedback. Vanderbilt Center for Teaching and Learning (2022).

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The Power of AI and Future of Education is Now: How Teachers and the Taught Can Create the Teaching

Faculty Focus

The Brazilian educator and philosopher, Paulo Freire, believed in a collaborative approach to education, where both the educator and the learner contribute to the learning process. Activists prefer learning by doing hands-on activities, or experiential learning opportunities.

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A New Architecture for the University Campus of the Future

Edsurge

A great deal of time was spent discussing podiums.) Kip Ellis had a great architectural team and we also had done a great deal of analysis of how many classrooms and what type of classrooms should we have. How did you think through the design given what Ron and his team communicated to you? Kip: The concept is unique.

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How Colleges Are Thinking Differently to Serve Adult Students

Edsurge

To learn about innovations in adult education, EdSurge invited Meg Benke, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Empire State, for a live online discussion as part of our series of video town halls called EdSurge Live. The weekly discussions, they're asynchronous but I gave them a due date.

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The Power of AI and Future of Education is Now: How Teachers and the Taught Can Create the Teaching

Faculty Focus

The Brazilian educator and philosopher, Paulo Freire, believed in a collaborative approach to education, where both the educator and the learner contribute to the learning process. Activists prefer learning by doing hands-on activities, or experiential learning opportunities.

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

A clear description of grading policies in your syllabus A transparent, clear list/description of all assignments and deadlines directly in syllabus Clear verbal and written directions for all course assignments, activities, and assessments Clear communications, instructions, and feedback. Vanderbilt Center for Teaching and Learning (2022).

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Teaching Excellence Through Mindful Reflection 

Faculty Focus

It names our experiences and provides an evidence-based alternative perspective to our autobiographical lens (Brookfield, 1998). In his 1993 experiential learning discussion, Kolb describes how reflection impacts learning and behavior and the cyclical nature of it (Kolb, 1993).

Teaching 116