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How to Significantly Improve Student Engagement and Retained Learning in Higher Education

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Even though current generational students resist group work, I encouraged them to team up with a study partner (for experience) where they can help each other with content, application, and reporting (even though all submissions must be individual and not just copied from their partner).

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How Can Online Instructors Get Students to Talk to Each Other?

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Dropbox Paper or Google Docs : these mainstream collaborative word-processing tools let instructors invite students to collaborate on assignments or group work. All of these tools can be embedded into the learning management system your school uses, so students never have to leave their familiar environment in order to participate.

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Group Trivia: I end our first-class session with some trivia questions for students to answer in small groups of 4-to-5 students. Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Group Trivia: I end our first-class session with some trivia questions for students to answer in small groups of 4-to-5 students. Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:

Exams 110
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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

Faculty Focus

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Acrobat) to apply built-in page layouts Tables do not work well with screen readers, so consider alternative organizational elements Use descriptive wording for hyperlink text rather than “click here” Post most instructor-created content within LMS content pages (i.e., FAST FACTS Students with disabilities.

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How to Significantly Improve Student Engagement and Retained Learning in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

Even though current generational students resist group work, I encouraged them to team up with a study partner (for experience) where they can help each other with content, application, and reporting (even though all submissions must be individual and not just copied from their partner).

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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

Faculty Focus

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Acrobat) to apply built-in page layouts Tables do not work well with screen readers, so consider alternative organizational elements Use descriptive wording for hyperlink text rather than “click here” Post most instructor-created content within LMS content pages (i.e., FAST FACTS Students with disabilities.