The Ally’s Insights is our blog. Here we offer advice. We discuss the latest news in higher education. We also share our experiences in the field of post-secondary teaching, learning, and development. We look ahead to sharing with you and hearing your opinions as well.
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Integrating AI in the Online Classroom: A New Approach to Teaching Critical Thinking
Read about how one professor is integrating AI into the online classroom by using it as a metacognition assignment in discussion boards.
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Trump: What Is To Be Done?
Where Do We Stand? I could begin with Donald Trump’s election in 2020, but that’s not what I want to focus on here. Instead, I want to explore…
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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…
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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…
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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. …
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Teaching Zoomers in an Anxious World (Part 1)
Gen-Z in Higher Education Recent articles and research that discuss teaching Gen-Z (or Zoomers) in higher education have appeared in several journals recently. One example is Arizona State’s…
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