The difficulties in student engagement with tutor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a…
Students often enter undergraduate research-based courses feeling academically underprepared and/or intimidated by the task of understanding and presenting research to their peers and professionals. The courses that focus on research…
On the first day of every class I teach, I make it clear to my students that I’m not interested in wasting their time. I want every class to be…
As higher education professionals, we are still struggling to process the convergence of crises, fear, and violence we have witnessed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe many…
The Brazilian educator and philosopher, Paulo Freire, believed in a collaborative approach to education, where both the educator and the learner contribute to the learning process. His work focused on…
The effectiveness of online learning heavily depends on the level of interaction between instructors and students within virtual classrooms. When students are actively engaged, they have a tendency to perform…
The college’s announcement to end quarantine was exciting. Finally, we could all come back together in person and appreciate the community we once had. No more virtual hybrid sessions for…
For too long, US higher education has lagged in promoting democracy-focused education as core to the purpose and goals of a postsecondary education. That shortfall resulted in low levels of…
Educational podcasting may symbolize a thorough learning possibility to stimulate students' imaginations throughout the post-pandemic educational continuum. Regardless of whether students decide on asynchronous, synchronous, or HyFlex courses in the…
Many instructors have observed variability in students' motivation to learn and grow. How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? In other words, can…