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As Student Engagement Falls, Colleges Wonder: ‘Are We Part of the Problem?’

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As the pandemic progresses, professors are sharing stories about what feels to them like widespread student disengagement. In their anecdotes, fewer students are showing up to class and turning work in on time (or at all). It’s often said that online courses offer students increased flexibility—supposedly a positive quality.

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Building Community and Connection Between Students and Instructors in Asynchronous Courses 

Faculty Focus

Online teaching has become more popular and accessible for students. As such, more instructors are teaching online courses. In-person classes often have this built into the first week of classes and instructors and professors share information about themselves. Why did you take this course? What do you do for fun?

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Ace Your Semester: Harnessing AI for a Head Start

Faculty Focus

One thing we know for sure is that AI is not going away and will continue to evolve and change the landscape of teaching and learning. Often, there are suggestions on what AI can do, but instructors might struggle with figuring out how to use it effectively. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

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How to Engage Students and Support Learning in Large Classes

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What about when you have 50-60 students in a class? Anonymous In my experience, it’s true that small classes provide greater opportunities for student engagement and for professor/mentor relationships to occur. The course is designed around ten different challenges that students wrestle with during the semester.

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Reducing AI Anxiety Starts by Talking with Students 

Faculty Focus

Survey data from Best Colleges reveals that as of March this year, 22 percent of students admitted using ChatGPT to complete an assignment or exam, with 57 percent indicating they intend to use AI tools for future coursework. You might ask what skills or knowledge students believe are critical in the age of AI?

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Ace Your Semester: Harnessing AI for a Head Start

Faculty Focus

One thing we know for sure is that AI is not going away and will continue to evolve and change the landscape of teaching and learning. Often, there are suggestions on what AI can do, but instructors might struggle with figuring out how to use it effectively. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps!

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ASU Prep Digital Forges Partnership With Ohio Charter School Network To Reduce Student Learning Loss Due To Covid Quarantine

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To prevent COVID learning losses, ASU Prep Digital provides online instructors to teach Cleveland-area students who miss in-person learning due to a 10-day quarantine. Through an extensive collaboration process, we created this new Learning Under Quarantine model to meet the needs of Breakthrough’s student population.