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How Professors Can Bring Culturally-Responsive Teaching to Online Courses

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Another panelist, Nouf Alsuwaida, an international graduate student at New Mexico State, also stressed that it is important to give students choices in how they perform assignments, noting that some prefer to work in groups while others best thrive solo. Group work in face-to-face classes can be challenging as it is,” Parra said.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

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I typically build MOOCs, but this spring, I designed an online program for a cohort of 16 nonprofit leaders. We used a combination of video chat, Slack and curriculum materials hosted on a learning management system. It is strikingly hard to pivot between large-group instruction and small-group work on online platforms.

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Simple Strategies for Curriculum (Re)Design for the New Instructor

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Rachel Thelen , The University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Noelle Haight , Occupational Therapist and Educator Julia VanderMolen , University of the Pacific Key Statement: Four helpful tips, including backwards design, for the new instructor looking to (re)design their course.

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MIT Moves Beyond the MOOC to Court Companies, Professional Learners

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Digital Plus courses—which are taught by MIT lecturers—will focus on project- and team-based exercises, along with a combination of videos, reading materials, and group work. Those elements of the curriculum may take place online, in-person via video, physically on the MIT campus, or at a company site.

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Reimagining Syllabus Day 

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Next, students reported feeling more engaged in and out of class, which I suspect is due to integrating their interests (via the LMS questionnaire) in lecture and assignments along with discussing the transferrable skills and other notions inside the “hidden curriculum.”

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Reimagining Syllabus Day 

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Next, students reported feeling more engaged in and out of class, which I suspect is due to integrating their interests (via the LMS questionnaire) in lecture and assignments along with discussing the transferrable skills and other notions inside the “hidden curriculum.”

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Fostering Teamwork: Implementing Collaborative Assignments as High-Impact Practice

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However, not all HIPs need to be planned at once and not all are suitable for every course. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. References Strenghscope. 2022, February).