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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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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

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It’s the largest portfolio initiative for teaching eportfolios in higher education that’s focused on what am I doing to improve student learning,” says Gerry Hanley, assistant vice chancellor at California State University’s chancellor's office. A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world.

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Enhancing Face-to-Face Education: Leveraging Learning Management Systems for Student Success? 

Faculty Focus

We firmly believe that doing so not only meets the evolving needs of today’s students but also enhances the overall learning experience. Furthermore, it places both faculty and students in a better position to adapt, should the need for another rapid shift to remote learning arise.

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Enhancing Face-to-Face Education: Leveraging Learning Management Systems for Student Success? 

Faculty Focus

We firmly believe that doing so not only meets the evolving needs of today’s students but also enhances the overall learning experience. Furthermore, it places both faculty and students in a better position to adapt, should the need for another rapid shift to remote learning arise.

Syllabus 111
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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

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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Startup Hopes to Shake Up Textbook Market By Encouraging a Mix-and-Match of Courseware

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Co-founder Micheal Feldstein believes that creating a common, open-source platform to distribute courseware can help make the materials cheaper for students and help professors continually refine their teaching. They’re trying to build a marketplace for adaptive courseware.” I have no way to knit them all together.”

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

Faculty Focus

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.