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HATE PLAGIARISM? How to limit students’ use of it
Read More: HATE PLAGIARISM? How to limit students’ use of itPlagiarism isn’t new Plagiarism in higher education is a current concern, but it isn’t a new one. Today, we are working to understand how to manage the growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI). At the same time, we struggle with teaching students about citation and crediting prior scholars. So, how do we limit plagiarism in higher…
Improve Student Success & Your Course Evaluations
Read More: Improve Student Success & Your Course EvaluationsBuilding a Supportive Online Classroom: Strategies for Student Success Ashley Mowreader’s article “Survey: Students Value Instructional Clarity, Active Learning” suggests that students value active learning and instructional clarity. They rate professors higher when they receive student support and perceive their instructors as professional and caring. Knowing this, we can improve student success by applying some different…
Students Don’t Read-We Must Adapt
Read More: Students Don’t Read-We Must AdaptAdjusting to Students’ Needs I recently read the article “How Much Do Students Really Read?” by Johanna Alonso featured on the Inside Higher Ed website. It sparked several thoughts I want to explore below. The “Good” Old Days When I studied History in the late 1980s, I understood that reading was a natural expectation. I…
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Why Now? Gen-Z Is Transforming Education and We Must Adjust
Why We Must Change Now? Higher education has existed since ancient times. In much of that time, it was limited to those studying religious doctrine or the very wealthy. In the 20th century, access to higher education became more widespread across the globe. As demonstrated by Vera Korhonen for Statistia, by the end of the…
Discussion Forums: How To Ensure Their Value
Why Use Discussion Forums? We know that one of the most important keys to successful asynchronous learning is instructor presence (Mandau & Van Berg 2023). Students want to know that their instructors care about their success, and that they are “there” in the course. We can do this most efficiently in class discussion forums. Therefore, let’s…
Reaching Gen-Z Students in Higher Education – Try Some New Strategies
Generation-Z students (Gen-Z), those born between 1997-2010, are the most technologically advanced generation of our lifetimes. They are digital natives, who have accessed technology from a young age. It is, therefore, unsurprising that they are enrolling increasingly in online, higher education programs. Reaching Gen-Z, then, will become a critical skill for those teaching in higher…
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