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Student Engagement
Ethos, Pathos, Logos: How Rhetoric Can Improve Your Teaching
The three rhetorical appeals — pathos, ethos, logos — were defined by Aristotle hundreds of years ago, but they’re…
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Active Learning
4 Common Impediments to Active Learning
In this excerpt from our free course on how to implement active learning, we look at the barriers frequently encountered…
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Trends in Higher Education
Textbooks Are Obsolete: 5 Reasons The Digital Switch is Long Overdue
“The standalone textbook is becoming a thing of the past,” say Bill and Melinda Gates. “Even the best text can’t…
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Trends in Higher Education
Women in STEM, Role Models and The Crucial Role of Higher Ed
Role models in education, industry and even television are needed to increase the percentage of women in STEM, say two…
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Education Technology
YouTube in the Classroom: 7 Tips and Best Practices
While YouTube is better known for Taylor Swift and video game commentary than higher education, the video hosting…
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Trends in Higher Education
Learning Styles: The Ultimate Guide
Learn more about the learning styles approach, and how you can use them as a basis to explore new teaching ideas and…
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Agile Classroom
Agile Teaching: 5 Profs On Course Management Principles
To be spontaneous, you have to plan. It might be a contradiction to look at agile teaching through the lens of course…
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Blooms Taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy Question Stems For Use In Assessment
One of the most powerful aspects of Bloom’s revised taxonomy is that it offers you, as an educator, the ability to…
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Student Engagement
Holding More Effective Office Hours in The Digital Age
Linda Rodriguez is full professor at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, teaching Caribbean literature, creative…
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Faculty Development
How To Give Teaching The Same Value As Research
Both teaching and research are critical for societal betterment. Is there anything that can be done to make sure…
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Innovation in Teaching
This Prof Turned a Thirst For Knowledge Into His Dream Job
Dr. Steven Sloman studies how people think, make decisions and learn. It’s a natural choice for somebody who was…
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Faculty Development
How To Become a Tenure Track Professor
Looking to get on the tenure track? Here's what you need to plan for, and how to get there
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Active Learning
Why It’s Time to Take a Course in Active Learning
If time travelers from the far future visit our era and look at the history of education, they’ll see a strange blip.…
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Student Assessment
Curriculum Based Measurement: How To Get Started
While exams are designed to test and score knowledge, they don’t always indicate how well students are progressing…
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Faculty Development
How to Write a Philosophy of Teaching Statement
5 easy steps on how to write an authentic and effective philosophy of teaching statement to help your job application…
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Faculty Development
Want to Make Education Better? Leave Academia
Lisa Petrides—founder and CEO of ISKME, an independent education nonprofit—knew she could improve education. But she…
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Education Technology
Technology in Education 2019: 5 Trends to Watch
In 2019, education technology will be about social change, better use of resources and improved infrastructure—not the…
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Education Technology
6 Pros & Cons of Technology in the Classroom in 2019
For professors, new technology can be a fantastic opportunity to experiment and grow in realms not originally considered
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Educational ROI
Doug Lederman: OER Adoption Must Be Incentivized
Co-editor of Inside Higher Ed says that people mainly focus on the 'free' aspect of Open Educational Resources, but…
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Innovation in Teaching
Top Hat in Action: Implementing a Digital History Textbook
Professor Jonathan Bean helped keep his students accountable by switching to a digital textbook—and was able to adapt…
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