Faculty development has become a priority at many academic institutions as a way to improve the quality of academic programs and to respond to emerging faculty, student, program, and industry…
Over the past decade, we have been increasingly concerned by the potential of the non-academic use of smartphones and laptops that distract students during class time. Although possible strategies have…
…far removed from “Composition 101.” Even instructors who work on writing skills find it challenging to maintain momentum when their own academic content inevitably requires attention. Moreover, students, many of…
…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…
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…
…overall academic experience. That’s the upside. Conversely, cohorts can also evolve into dysfunctional cadres intent on undermining authority and destroying the very learning environment established to support them. Due to…
…journals, books, conference presentations, video/audio)? What subscriptions to academic databases are available? It is important for student-scholars to be fully aware of the search tools available in their academic disciplines….
…opportunities provided to those who are more academically talented than others. It’s intended to connote a sense of fairness, a feeling that not every student should have the same classroom…
