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How to Significantly Improve Student Engagement and Retained Learning in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

Even though current generational students resist group work, I encouraged them to team up with a study partner (for experience) where they can help each other with content, application, and reporting (even though all submissions must be individual and not just copied from their partner).

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

First Day Community building starts day one by laying a strong foundation. Ideally the entire first week of the course should be devoted to community building. Before any work on the course concepts starts, the focus should be on developing communication and trust in the classroom space.

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Social Justice Movements to Health Policy: Lessons from a Pilot Cross-Course Collaborative Project

Faculty Focus

The updated syllabus will front-load teaching and learning about the social justice movements that may be selected for the collaboration. The SSC syllabus will be re-conceptualized to accommodate the valuable collaborative project learning experience. We then built the infrastructure for the project through a detailed “Project Guide”.

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

First Day Community building starts day one by laying a strong foundation. Ideally the entire first week of the course should be devoted to community building. Before any work on the course concepts starts, the focus should be on developing communication and trust in the classroom space.

Exams 106
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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., Journal of Intelligent Communication , 3(2) , 2031. Nilson, L.

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Social Justice Movements to Health Policy: Lessons from a Pilot Cross-Course Collaborative Project

Faculty Focus

The updated syllabus will front-load teaching and learning about the social justice movements that may be selected for the collaboration. The SSC syllabus will be re-conceptualized to accommodate the valuable collaborative project learning experience. We then built the infrastructure for the project through a detailed “Project Guide”.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., Journal of Intelligent Communication , 3(2) , 2031. Nilson, L.