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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

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Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. Systems thinking helps students understand the broader purpose of their education and how different disciplines interconnect.

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What Your Students Aren’t Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy 

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This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. Download it here: [link] In higher education, we often track student success through grades, credit hours, and retention rates. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

Faculty Focus

Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. Systems thinking helps students understand the broader purpose of their education and how different disciplines interconnect.

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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

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Students may feel lonely, and faculty can feel overwhelmed even in well-designed online classes; however, a focus on engagement and well-being educators can support faculty and students via simple, low-tech, and personalized strategies in conjunction with the learning platform. Learning does not occur in isolation.

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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

Faculty Focus

Students may feel lonely, and faculty can feel overwhelmed even in well-designed online classes; however, a focus on engagement and well-being educators can support faculty and students via simple, low-tech, and personalized strategies in conjunction with the learning platform. Learning does not occur in isolation.

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Introducing ByFlex Course Design: A Bimodal Flexible Course Model 

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The bimodal flexible course model has not been researched or implemented as widely as the trimodal model, commonly referred to as HyFlex. HyFlex courses provide the capacity for programs to serve remote students in addition to providing convenience and alternatives to regional students” (Beatty, 2019a). See options and Figure 1 below.

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Introducing ByFlex Course Design: A Bimodal Flexible Course Model 

Faculty Focus

The bimodal flexible course model has not been researched or implemented as widely as the trimodal model, commonly referred to as HyFlex. HyFlex courses provide the capacity for programs to serve remote students in addition to providing convenience and alternatives to regional students” (Beatty, 2019a). See options and Figure 1 below.