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

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After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge. What are the Necessary Steps to Specifically Help SES Students?

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Reimagining Syllabus Day 

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Reimagining the traditional “syllabus day” to an engaged “preview day” provides an opportunity to set a desired tone for the semester. In these 15 minutes, I introduce myself to students when they enter the room and chat about student interests and experiences.

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Reimagining Syllabus Day 

Faculty Focus

Reimagining the traditional “syllabus day” to an engaged “preview day” provides an opportunity to set a desired tone for the semester. In these 15 minutes, I introduce myself to students when they enter the room and chat about student interests and experiences.

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

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Dear Bonni: How can we make student-to-student interaction more personable and engaging in online learning? Having the interaction occur among students, instead of solely with the professor, can be even more difficult. Having the interaction occur among students, instead of solely with the professor, can be even more difficult.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

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Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best. When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Students should feel safe to experiment without fear of punishment or penalty.

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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

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Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. Surprisingly, only one-third of students with disabilities reported it to their institution (NCES, 2022). Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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A Transformative Journey: Lessons from My First Year  

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Greetings before meetings One week before meeting my students, I post a welcome announcement on Blackboard. In this announcement, I introduce myself and ask students to send me a follow-up email. As a little incentive, I offer an extra point on their first quiz for sending the email and many students choose to reply.

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