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…
The Peanut Butter to My Jelly: A Work Friend is Everything
Friendship is defined as “affection arising from mutual esteem and goodwill” (Mirriam-Webster). Words associated with the term friendship include alliance, benevolence, and kindliness. Sadly, more than 300 million people report…
Unleashing the Power of Active Learning: Revolutionizing Online Education for Unprecedented Engagement and Achievement
In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new…
Annotated Timelines and the Biography of an Idea
Biography of an idea The United States is an individualistic society, one that teaches that you alone can do anything if you work hard enough. Yet, collectivist societies would disagree,…
Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 2
Please refer to Part 1 for the six essential considerations for addressing AI-driven cheating. Part 2 discusses how you can redesign assignments using the TRUST model to serve as a…
Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1
The launch of the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model ChatGPT was met with both enthusiasm (“Wow! This tool can write as well as humans”) and fear (“Wow…this tool can…
Checkmate: Chess as a Catalyst for Shaping a Collective Learning Experience in Curriculum
When preparing to teach a graduate-level curriculum and assessment in physical education & health education course, the question arose: "What is the best way to teach future educators about curriculum and assessment?"…
Promoting Student Success: Enhancing Student Engagement through Second Chances and Accountability
Asynchronous online learning is gaining popularity with students from all walks of life to access academic programs from the comfort of their own homes. Similar to traditional classroom-based courses, one…