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Designing a Course Students Want to Screenshot

He was there to learn accounting, not comment on my course design. But midway through a Zoom call in the fall of 2025, one of my online

Jennifer Coon, CIA, CFE July 15, 2026

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Two Professors, Two Approaches to AI and Assignment Design

The education landscape is undergoing profound transformation as artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming more accessible and powerful. The days of paying someone to write

Luke Mello June 19, 2026

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Students Rate the Experience; Peers Evaluate the Teaching: Rethinking the Evaluation of University Instruction

Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are one of the most widely used tools for assessing teaching effectiveness and play a significant role in decisions related to promotion, tenure, contract renewal, and merit-based pay. Despite

Hannah B. Lovins, PhD, Justin L. Rheubert, and Abby L. Kalkstein, PhD May 6, 2026

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Spaced Learning: Student Learning That Lasts

Before I began teaching college full time three years ago, I had worked for 15 years as a teacher in both public and private schools,

Mary Louise Stahl, PhD March 13, 2026

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Building a Course from Scratch: When Time is Not on Your Side

I recently found myself in a the all-too-familiar situation where I was handed a course at the last minute. The course consisted of a catalog description

Kristen Portner-Lauerman, MHA, RDH, and Dr. Julia VanderMolen, CHES® August 20, 2025

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

Working in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies has shown me firsthand that our students face a world full of messy, tangled problems. Climate shifts, health

Dr. Zeina Hojeij July 18, 2025

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Designing College Curricula for Student Success

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open

Alana Sejdic, EdD April 11, 2025

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Supporting the Instructional Design Process: Stress-Testing Assignments with AI

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are asking—often individually

Nathan Pritts, PhD March 19, 2025

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What Job Design Can Teach Us About Course Design

As an industrial/organizational psychologist, work is always on my mind. Naturally, I am interested in understanding ways to make work better for others, but I

Sarina Maneotis, PhD February 28, 2025