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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

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such as: think-pair-share, muddiest point, jigsaw, case studies, application activities, compare & contrast perspectives activities, critical reflection opportunities, cooperative and collaborative projects, work groups, study groups, discussion groups, frequent student-teacher interaction, etc. Almog, 2019; Triandafilide, 2020).

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A New Architecture for the University Campus of the Future

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Bryant University, a private university located in Smithfield, Rhode Island with academic programs that integrate business and the arts and sciences with a global perspective, offers a glimpse of what the future of campus design could look like. A great deal of time was spent discussing podiums.)

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

such as: think-pair-share, muddiest point, jigsaw, case studies, application activities, compare & contrast perspectives activities, critical reflection opportunities, cooperative and collaborative projects, work groups, study groups, discussion groups, frequent student-teacher interaction, etc. Almog, 2019; Triandafilide, 2020).

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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

I also discussed appropriate resources with students, what they should do if they were experiencing difficulties, and a process for meeting with me and/or having optional workshop sessions. Recognizing the particular need for team skills in developing scientists, I decided to set a group documentary video as the main assignment.

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How Colleges Are Thinking Differently to Serve Adult Students

Edsurge

To learn about innovations in adult education, EdSurge invited Meg Benke, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Empire State, for a live online discussion as part of our series of video town halls called EdSurge Live. The weekly discussions, they're asynchronous but I gave them a due date.

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Teaching Excellence Through Mindful Reflection 

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It names our experiences and provides an evidence-based alternative perspective to our autobiographical lens (Brookfield, 1998). In his 1993 experiential learning discussion, Kolb describes how reflection impacts learning and behavior and the cyclical nature of it (Kolb, 1993). References Brookfield, Stephen.

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Teaching Excellence Through Mindful Reflection 

Faculty Focus

It names our experiences and provides an evidence-based alternative perspective to our autobiographical lens (Brookfield, 1998). In his 1993 experiential learning discussion, Kolb describes how reflection impacts learning and behavior and the cyclical nature of it (Kolb, 1993). References Brookfield, Stephen.

Teaching 111