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Author Ana Homayoun joins hosts Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn to discuss her new book Erasing the Finish Line: The New Blueprint for Success Beyond Grades and College Admission. They ask what other measures for success should we consider for a student in higher ed beyond academics. The conversation explores expanding one’s social circles, networking, finding mentors, and developing life management skills. The episode is sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ascendium Education Group.

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Interleaving is the idea that, while learning, we will learn more if we jumble up our review of similar materials, rather than reviewing one concept at a time in a blocked format. One thing that we’ve heard from educators is that they worry interleaving can be too challenging for students and that s

The Timer app by Zoom is a simple but important tool for improving time management skills and streamlining meetings. Additionally, the app includes a stopwatch function for tracking task durations....

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According to our new report, young adults in the U.S. reported twice the rates of anxiety and depression as teens. They identified several drivers of these emotional challenges, including a lack of meaning and purpose.

Many discussions of inclusive teaching practices ignore the role of neurodiversity in higher ed. In this episode, Liz Norell joins us to discuss strategies that faculty and institutions can use to create a welcoming environment for neurodivergent students and faculty. Liz is a political scientist and the Associate Director of Instructional Support at the University of Mississippi’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

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The U.S. Department of Education requires that all online courses for which students may use Title IV funds (federal financial aid) "ensure that there is regular and substantive interaction between students and instructors." All NIU online courses are expected to meet this requirement and include regular and substantive interaction. Regular and substantive interaction (RSI) is more than a federal requirement, however. It is also a hallmark of effective teaching. Decades of research have established that teacher-student interactions are an essential component of learning.

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This issue of R3 reviews a Trends in Neuroscience and Education article exploring the connections between anxiety, attention, and academic reasoning among college students in STEM fields.

Making the most of your institution’s LMS can help meet the shifting expectations of today’s learners and create a more engaging and accessible learning environment.

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Ijeoma Nwaogu shares about her book on Overcoming Imposter Anxiety on episode 487 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Jenae Cohn speaks about design for learning on episode 486 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast Category/tags: Instructional design

How to get feedback on your grading system

Cooperative learning can be a powerful learning strategy, but only if it works well. These small changes can make group work more effective in your classroom.

Pia Lauritzen shares how to use questions in new ways on episode 485 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

A growing area of research suggests that thinking is influenced not just by what’s inside our skulls, but by cues from our body movements, ...

by Emily Pitts Donahoe, associate director of instructional support This past Wednesday, CETL was thrilled to host guest speaker Dr. Cate Denial, the Bright Distinguished Professor of American History and Director of the Bright Institute at Knox College. Cate is the principal investigator on a Mellon Foundation grant exploring “Pedagogies, Communities, and Practices of Care […]

Sarah Silverman shares an introduction to neurodiversity on episode 484 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

This conversation is about how to systematically implement UDL at scale. Tom has been doing a lot of research and work on how universities and systems can be successful in implementing UDL at large…

Toward Cruelty-Free Syllabi Note: This presentation began with ideas I wrote about in a blog post here. For folks who are reading these slides now and were not at the actual presentation, that post may give some helpful context. The actual presentation was improvised and involved a lot of talk wi...

High-quality academic advising has long been recognized as a significant factor in student satisfaction, retention, and overall positive outcomes. However, the theories and philosophies guiding individual advising interactions have received more attention than the guiding principles behind the devel