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National Higher Education Teaching Conference 2024

July 9, 2024 Linh Nguyen News, Teaching, Tips

June is an ideal time to gather educators, administrators, policymakers, business leaders, and philanthropists. With summer break underway but fall semester planning still distant, participants

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Upcoming Changes to YouTube Embed Player: Increased Ads from August 1st 2024

July 8, 2024 CITL News, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips, Web Tools

Educators and students alike have long relied on the seamless integration of YouTube videos within Blackboard Learn to enhance the learning experience. YouTube’s rich repository

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Ungrading: Decentering grades to enhance student learning

June 1, 2024 Amanda Hirsch Best Practices, Newsletter, Resources, Teaching, Tips, Workshops

Many people inside and outside of academia seem preoccupied with the specter of “grade inflation.” But, what if instead of grade inflation (or its scary

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Feminist pedagogies inform inclusive STEM teaching

May 30, 2024 Linh Nguyen Best Practices, Teaching, Tips

Traditional STEM teaching has a persistent predicament of exclusion and inequity. The 2023 Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities report from the

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Strategies for long-term learning success

May 30, 2024 Lindsay Vreeland Best Practices, Resources, Teaching, Tips

It’s not a new idea that students need to take an active role in their learning process to learn effectively and retain content over the

Inclusive group assignments: Fostering teamwork among diverse identities

May 28, 2024 Linh Nguyen Best Practices, Resources, Teaching, Tips

A survey conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates on behalf of the Association of American Colleges and Universities found that employers believe undergraduate programs

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Equitable, non-traditional grading

May 15, 2024 Lindsay Vreeland Best Practices, News, Newsletter, Resources, Teaching

Traditional grading methods typically revolve around meeting specific criteria to obtain a grade. For instance, the conventional 0-100% scale aligned with the A-F system is

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Incorporating AI in the classroom ethically

April 30, 2024 Amanda Hirsch Best Practices, Resources, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips

What do you think of AI? (Redux) In the blog post “Generative-AI-resistant assignments,” we posed the question, “What do you think of AI?” Whether we

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Is it pedagogy or andragogy? Considering different teaching methods for different learners and contexts

April 23, 2024 Lindsay Vreeland Resources, Teaching, Tips

While university environment focuses on educating students 18 and older, the teaching methods used may reflect the course’s field of study or purpose as opposed

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Supporting underprepared students

March 14, 2024 Lindsay Vreeland Best Practices, Teaching, Tips

Two trends stand out about today’s college students: they’re more diverse than ever and many aren’t fully prepared for college. A range of factors, like the

Generative-AI-resistant assignments

February 28, 2024 Amanda Hirsch Best Practices, News, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips

What do you think of AI? Are you an AI Enthusiast/Optimist? Or are you more of an AI Realist? Or maybe you’re a member of

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David W. Raymond Award for Use of Technology in Teaching

January 30, 2024 CITL News, Teaching, Technology Trends

Seeking Nominations Calling all classroom innovators! Tenured and tenure-track faculty in all content areas using technology in their classrooms may apply for the David W.