“Self-regulation is not a mental ability or an academic performance skill; rather it is the self-directive process by which learners transform their mental abilities into academic skills.” (p. 65)…
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July 2010
Suddenly the campus library is cool. That’s right, the library. Students at BYU put together a hilarious spoof of the Old Spice ad campaign, only instead of pushing body…
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Twitter in the College Classroom: Engaging Students 140 Characters at a Time
July 28, 2010 Mary Bart
If it seems like everyone is tweeting these days, it’s not just your imagination. In 2007 Twitter users, as a whole, made about 5,000 tweets a day. By 2008…
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This is a true story. Professor “Jones” decides to experiment with a blog in his class. It takes him about 10 minutes to set up a free site using…
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Killing Institutional Zombies: Strategies for Effective Leadership
July 23, 2010 Jeffrey Buller PhD.
In popular fiction, zombies are often described as “the undead,” once lifeless bodies that have been reanimated through supernatural forces. Since they are essentially walking corpses, fictional zombies are…
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In Free Reports, Free Reports: Teaching Strategies
11 Strategies for Getting Students to Read What’s Assigned
July 23, 2010 Faculty Focus
Despite the correlation between reading and course success, many students try to do as little reading as possible. Whether your students struggle with the material or simply lack the…
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Students with learning disabilities tend to learn better in the online environment, but institutions are not doing enough to prepare instructors to meet their needs, says Mary Beth Crum,…
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The rapid growth of online education, coupled with instances of lax academic integrity and cases involving questionable instructional quality, has put the entire industry under the microscope. As a…
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In Effective Teaching Strategies
Student Learning: Six Causes of Resistance
July 20, 2010 Maryellen Weimer, PhD
A lot of students just don’t seem all that interested in learning. Most faculty work hard to help students find that missing motivation. They try a wide range of…
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In Effective Teaching Strategies
When Corresponding with Students via E-mail, It Pays to Save
July 19, 2010 Michael T. Eskey PhD
We all have students every course that send us e-mails. Some provide us with information. Some provide us with “excuses”. Some question our instructions. Some question our syllabus and/or…