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Bridging the Gap: Active Learning Strategies for Traditional and Online Classrooms

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Meanwhile, in my online section of the same course, students worked through carefully crafted modules at their own pace, their participation in discussion boards ebbing and flowing unpredictably. One of the most powerful techniques in my traditional classroom is the think-pair-share discussion format.

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Make Your Teaching the Cynosure of Attention 

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Teaching is regarded as a noble profession. The amalgamation of all these traits is what makes our teaching interesting. Let’s explore some of these methods to help engage students in our teaching: Pose an interesting question. This type of technique hardly wavers their attention away from the teaching.

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Make Your Teaching the Cynosure of Attention 

Faculty Focus

Teaching is regarded as a noble profession. The amalgamation of all these traits is what makes our teaching interesting. Let’s explore some of these methods to help engage students in our teaching: Pose an interesting question. This type of technique hardly wavers their attention away from the teaching.

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I’m An Adjunct: What Do I Need to Know About Teaching? 

Faculty Focus

When I started as an adjunct faculty member, I had no teaching experience. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Then start the next class by addressing any questions/lack of clarity you identified.

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I’m An Adjunct: What Do I Need to Know About Teaching? 

Faculty Focus

When I started as an adjunct faculty member, I had no teaching experience. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Then start the next class by addressing any questions/lack of clarity you identified.

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Reducing AI Anxiety Starts by Talking with Students 

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Will it spell the end of countless jobs or create new horizons for teaching, research, and meaningful work? It’s true that we can’t predict where this is all going, but I feel better just having discussed it.” But to avoid a reactionary discussion, it’s important to set the stage. Will AI save or enslave us?

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Reducing AI Anxiety Starts by Talking with Students 

Faculty Focus

Will it spell the end of countless jobs or create new horizons for teaching, research, and meaningful work? It’s true that we can’t predict where this is all going, but I feel better just having discussed it.” But to avoid a reactionary discussion, it’s important to set the stage. Will AI save or enslave us?