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

Faculty Focus

Faced with the challenge of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to create course content and respond to emails. While we may not have control over class sizes or course loads, we can manage our workspace, habits, and course procedures. Dr. Jennifer P.

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

Faculty Focus

Faced with the challenge of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to create course content and respond to emails. While we may not have control over class sizes or course loads, we can manage our workspace, habits, and course procedures. Dr. Jennifer P.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

Faculty Focus

Checking How Well Students Blend Ideas Checking student learning in an interdisciplinary course brings special challenges, as the goal is to test knowledge of single subjects and the ability to blend and use information from many fields. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

Faculty Focus

Checking How Well Students Blend Ideas Checking student learning in an interdisciplinary course brings special challenges, as the goal is to test knowledge of single subjects and the ability to blend and use information from many fields. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

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Marketplace trend update: 6 new products, teaching strategies, and learning initiatives

eSchool News

The new programs also have increased training for leading special student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners and early childhood students. The course, Effective Conversation in the Classroom, launches in August with three online sessions.

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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

Faculty Focus

Focus on challenge and relevance: We all hope our courses will engage students, challenge their assumptions, require effort, and facilitate the development of deep understandings and skills. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. These assessments must be valid and reliable.

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Pecha Kucha is the Answer

Faculty Focus

Student exam performance then becomes a matter of cramming course content into short-term memory, without ever really mastering, considering, or owning the course material in a meaningful way. Studies show that the Pecha Kucha style can improve English speaking skills in general.

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