Building Your Teaching Mind Budget
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 4, 2024 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Learn more about The Teaching Professor here. It happens every time. Months…
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Hearing Your Student Evaluations Differently?
Not long after I had received most of my student’s mid-semester survey results, I came across an AI tool that would create a song. The tool is Suno (suno.com) and it uses AI to…
The Final Stretch: Designing a Meaningful Course Ending
As the term draws to a close, students are not the only ones counting the weeks left. Instructors, too, often feel a mix of relief and fatigue. However, while the…
AI In Academic Publishing: Disruption or Evolution?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving one of the most significant transformations in academic publishing since the advent of peer review. There has been a steady increase in the use of AI in…
Everything is Awesome: Legos® to Teach Teamwork and Communication
A group of 38 nurses, seven Lego building block kits, and 45 minutes was all our nursing professional development team needed to improve staff communication and patient safety. Game-based learning…
A NEST for Online Learning: Supporting Students in Virtual Education
In online nursing education, a “nest” is more than a metaphor—it is a learning environment where students feel safe, supported, and guided as they prepare to enter professional practice. Drawing…
6 Effective Ways to Build Attention and Boost Student Participation
Any educator can attest to the mounting challenge of maintaining student attention in the classroom. Students’ exposure to digital media from a very young age has both diminished their capacity to pay attention and led them to crave…
The AI Teammate: Three Roles to Build Student AI Fluency
AI is now embedded in teaching and learning. As educators, how do we help students benefit from AI without slipping into dependency, surface-level work, or ethical misconduct? I’ve found a helpful way to clarify…
Measuring What Matters: A Faculty Development System That Improves Teaching Quality
If you’ve ever organized faculty development, you know the usual routine: run workshops, get sign-in sheets, and maybe send a feedback survey. While useful, these activities don’t always tell us the real story—are faculty actually applying what they…
Beyond Breakout Rooms: Deepening Learning with Collaborative Whiteboards
Distance learning is here to stay. Both students and educators were required to quickly pivot to distance platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic without adequate preparation or training (Basilotta-Gomez-Pablos et al. 2022). Many programs elected to…