Innovations
Reimagining the traditional face-to-face, lecture-based instructional model is at the heart of academic transformation in higher education, and faculty development is central to this change. Getting faculty to want to modify how they teach will enable grassroots experimentations to gain traction and inspire systemic change. Yet this process first requires faculty developers to recognize and support the affective dimension of teaching and learning and, in turn, experiment with more human-centered approaches. Expect it to be messy.
Recognizing Faculty Culture
Creativity and risk-taking in the...
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May 30, 2024
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Join Packback and The League for Innovation in the Community College for an engaging discussion about the state of technology, AI, and its place in the classroom. During this open podcast style conversation, we'll discuss the latest developments in the ever-evolving world of AI and analyze how educators can take advantage of these developments to implement new strategies into their classrooms. This webinar is for both higher education and K-12 faculty and administration. Participants will receive the latest information to aid them in being...
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When looking at national data about American students who are identified as English language learners (ELL), overlapping definitions from two prominent sources are important to note. The U.S. Census Bureau uses the American Community Survey (2013) to obtain information about factors that disproportionately affect ELL students and their families. The survey compares statistics between "native" and "foreign" households, definitions which are determined by where the householder was born. Not all children whose parents were born outside of the U.S. are identified as ELL. However, when...
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