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How an Experimental Online Course Helped One Anthropology Department Keep a Professor and a Half

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Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. He also used some of the money to send his teaching assistants to cities around the globe.

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Fostering Teamwork: Implementing Collaborative Assignments as High-Impact Practice

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Students could form small groups to review material, create a study guide, and/or work on solving a set of problems to help prepare for the exam. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor for the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas.

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Fostering Teamwork: Implementing Collaborative Assignments as High-Impact Practice

Faculty Focus

Students could form small groups to review material, create a study guide, and/or work on solving a set of problems to help prepare for the exam. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor for the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas.

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How One Master Educator Uses Visuals and Tech to Make Dracula a Must-Take Course

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EdSurge: Can you give us a little background on the history of the Dracula course? Stanley Stepanic: When I first came to UVA in 2005 to study for my master’s and my PhD, I was a teaching assistant to the course and was mentored by Professor Jan Perkowski. He later changed the name of the course to Dracula.

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