Analyze This: Creating Student Value through Critical Thinking
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…
Care for Faculty in Challenging Times: Considerations for Exploring Hope and Healing
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 Power of AI and Future of Education is Now: How Teachers and the Taught Can Create the Teaching
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…
Engaging Students Asynchronously with Interactive Videos
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…
Facilitating Positive Peer-to-Peer and Peer-to-Instructor Relationships through Emotional Intelligence
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…
Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum
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…
Seize the Moment with “Call & Response” Podcast Learning Practices
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…
Mindsets: Four Beliefs That Lead to Highly-Motivated Students
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…
Level Up Higher Education Assessments with ChatGPT
"Technology can become the wings that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before – if we allow it (Arledge)." ChatGPT has given the field…
If I Missed You, Please Leave a Note in the Chat
When the pandemic closed down my university in spring 2020, most folks assumed that we would be back up and running a normal slate of face-to-face courses in fall 2020.…