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A Step-by-Step Guide to ‘Untethered’ Faculty Development

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Faculty development in higher education looks the same today as it did 30 years ago: educators attend face-to-face workshops and consultations in an attempt to find new strategies and ideas for improving learning. But the way faculty teach is drastically different from what it was even five years ago.

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Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic

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I’m wondering if you might recommend what top three books would you suggest I read outside of ‘Urgency for Teachers,’ ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed,’ ‘The New Education?’ Tim Carson, Skilled Trades and OER Advocate First, allow me to tell you why I don’t typically read books about online learning. I’ve ordered your book as well.

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New AI Tools Are Promoted As Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?

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Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature as a series of bullet points that many students used as a replacement for actually doing the reading. Today, that sure seems quaint. As two professors put it in a recent op-ed , “Your AI Policy Is Already Obsolete.” “A

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Faculty development can include HyFlex training to optimize this balance.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Faculty development can include HyFlex training to optimize this balance.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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They also addressed audience questions about how to get faculty motivated to adjust their courses to improve accessibility. Listen to the conversation below, or read a partial transcript, lightly edited for clarity. Then we also have continued our webinars series with our Center for Faculty Development and Innovation.

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Taking You Higher: Don’t Miss These 40+ Higher-Ed Events Happening in 2019-2020

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Summertime is here, offering a much-needed respite to relax, reflect and maybe even read a book. The higher education landscape is dotted with opportunities to connect with and learn from fellow colleagues, faculty, developers and entrepreneurs, all working on new ideas and tools to support teaching and learning.