Dual Credit at Your Doorstep: What You Need to Know
In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to…
How To Be Conspicuously Human in the Online Classroom
Many of the conversations I’ve seen about Artificial Intelligence (AI) center on how students might use or misuse this powerful tool. I've had my share of conversations about how to AI-proof…
What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?
Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is…
Academic Asphyxiation: The Inequitable Expectation of ‘Serial Monogamy’ in Manuscript Submissions to Scholarly Journals
In the scholarly world, the currency of reputation and progress is often measured in the form of published articles. The pressure to publish is an omnipresent force that shapes the…
Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work
In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. However,…
Artificial Intelligence: The Rise of ChatGPT and Its Implications
In December 2022, an event occurred that caused a revolution in how we find, interact, and record information. The ChatGPT release was an immediate sensation. While it caught many by…
Five Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Critical Thinkers
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A Recipe for Student Success
Showing up to lectures and completing class assignments are essential ingredients for success in most college courses. This recipe for success, however, is extensive, and leaving out any one ingredient…
Embracing Multipotentialism: Inspiring Teaching Strategies and Student Encouragement
The traditional approach of choosing a single path and pursuing a specific career is being challenged by the idea of embracing multiple interests, talents, and passions. By encouraging online college…
Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners
“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers, such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full…