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Connecting with Online Students

Faculty Focus

These connections, whether through study groups or other collaborative efforts, promote persistence and create an environment where students feel supported and motivated to excel. muddiest point, exit/minute papers, or “How are you doing?” Moreover, this connection influences the instructor. questions).

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Connecting with Online Students

Faculty Focus

These connections, whether through study groups or other collaborative efforts, promote persistence and create an environment where students feel supported and motivated to excel. muddiest point, exit/minute papers, or “How are you doing?” Moreover, this connection influences the instructor. questions).

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

Assessments will always impact how students learn, their motivation to learn, and how teachers teach. For that reason, summative assessments report data too late because the ultimate goal of assessment is to evaluate the progress achieved toward a learning goal.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

Assessments will always impact how students learn, their motivation to learn, and how teachers teach. For that reason, summative assessments report data too late because the ultimate goal of assessment is to evaluate the progress achieved toward a learning goal.

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Strategies for Engaging Colleagues Resistant To Adapting Their Approach To Teaching

Scholarly Teacher

Motivational Interviewing provides a valuable framework for peers hoping to nudge their colleagues toward change. Although ambivalence may not have the most positive connotation, it can be a critical step in the process of motivating change. Motivational interviewing: Helping people change (3rd ed.). link] Miller, W. Miller, W.