…balancing work, family, and school commitments, overcoming previous academic patterns that no longer serve them, and adapting to new approaches to learning (such as online classes.) The flip side, though,…
…hits of human history rather than creating anything new, I think its role in academic research is limited. Academic breakthroughs start with unasked questions. Generative AI works within the confines…
…the role that academic leaders need to play to foster a true, comprehensive, systemic shift in paradigms. The term paradigm shift was originally used by Thomas Kuhn in The Structure…
…a combination of cognitive, physical, and emotional factors. Given the rise in the mental health issues among students, as well as their academic and non-academic stress, actively engaging students in…
…full-time, attend school on a part-time basis, have children, and must take care of relatives while pursuing their academic goals. Some come to class with less-than-optimal academic preparedness due to…
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Instructors who are new to the online classroom often struggle with the issue of how to be rigorous while creating a safe learning environment, and mistakenly think, “You can be…
…instructional method, the curve of forgetting suggests that lecturing in isolation is one of the most ineffective instructional methods when it comes to retention of information and long-term student academic…
