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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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When an Online Teaching Job Becomes a Window into Child Abuse

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VIPKid, she says, allowed her to continue doing what she loved—what she felt she was best at—without stopping her from immersing herself in a new culture. Some worry, too, about foisting their values on another culture. All global tech platforms must learn to adapt to a wide array of legal and cultural norms.

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Challenging Implicit Linguistic Biases in Teaching and Learning Across Disciplines Through Student-Faculty Partnerships

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Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., Relevant and meaningful feedback on writing may vary between cultures, as language is also inextricably tied to culture. 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020).

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Co-Creating the Classroom: Collaborative Ground Rules for Engaged Learning

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Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Rather than dictating course policies and classroom norms, instructors can instead ask: What do you think about this plan? This distinction is crucial.

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Co-Creating the Classroom: Collaborative Ground Rules for Engaged Learning

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Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Rather than dictating course policies and classroom norms, instructors can instead ask: What do you think about this plan? This distinction is crucial.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

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Institutional offices of disability services, academic accommodations, and equality and diversity should be contacting instructors with reminders and information, Del Tufo says. Instructors who have questions or concerns should feel free to contact such offices themselves.

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Why We Need to Share Care, Appreciation, Kindness and Empathy (CAKE) in our Classrooms  

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To implement the first piece of CAKE, care, we suggest an instructor take some time to implement this strategy. Instructors can provide sheets with an outline of a blank hand/palm or ask students to use the drawing function on their device as an option. Trace boundaries around your fingers and palm to create an outline of your hand.