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Faculty Development in the Age of Digital, Connected Learning

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Today, they are set at the middle of the academy, between administration, faculty and students, in a position to reimagine how learning happens. In recent years, colleges and universities have recognized this and begun merging academic technology and faculty development. We struggle with low faculty engagement.

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Why Mission — Not Money — Will Lead Colleges to Truly Innovative Online Learning

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Without that element , student dissatisfaction surges , and one has to doubt that regular comments and announcements from an instructor, no matter how detailed and well thought-out, really suffice. In a purely asynchronous format, even that basic goal has not been easily achieved.

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Lumen Learning, a Proponent of OER, Makes First Acquisition to Offer Faculty Coaching

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Announced this week, the new offering was made possible because Lumen Learning purchased the higher education assets of a coaching company for instructors called Faculty Guild. The idea is that instructors participate in the coaching service while they are trying a new teaching approach in their courses.

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Giving Data Meaning: Students Should Have A Say In What Analytics Tell You About Them

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Institutions like Indian River State College , for example, are seeing tremendous gains in student success through faculty development programs that highlight the importance of learning analytics to inform teaching and learning practices. Between 2014 and 2016, online enrollment at the institution increased by 56 percent.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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They dug into the principles of universal design for learning, how instructions can use rubrics to empower students to demonstrate knowledge in many different ways, and how to break up class sessions to make it easier for everyone to participate fully. Listen to the conversation below, or read a partial transcript, lightly edited for clarity.

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Helping Underrepresented Students Score Tomorrow’s Jobs

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JD Yaske, a board member and programming class instructor at Gameheads, an Oakland-based nonprofit that teaches game design to low-income youth and those of color, said the program doesn’t specifically target any racial or gender demographic, but wants to bring more diversity to major gaming companies.

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How ‘Dialogue’ Can Create Empathy in a Divided Classroom

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A harsh debate can leave students (and instructors) feeling upset, or make them discouraged about participating in future conversations. Considering these high stakes, students and instructors may be tempted to avoid tough subjects altogether, or only discuss them with like-minded folks. But there’s another option.