Innovations
With the passing of our dear friend K. Patricia Cross, we reflect upon her ongoing support of community colleges and students. Pat’s dedication to higher education teaching and learning helped to shape the field, with an emphasis on the enhancement and expansion of student learning to improve academic success. According to the K. Patricia Cross Academy, “she has gifted higher education an incredible legacy that has both inspired and enabled thousands of educators to improve both the theory and craft behind their teaching, impacting an entire generation of students in the process,” and we...
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June 16, 2021
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In fall 2019 and spring 2020, 10 institutions participated in a research study comparing student outcomes on Packback discussion to outcomes found with traditional Learning Management System discussion. In April 2020, Packback released the findings of that study in Impact of Online Discussion Platform and Pedagogy on Student Outcomes. Among the findings from the study, institutions reported increased levels of student engagement, vastly improved discussion rigor, improved final grade outcomes, and high rates of student and faculty...
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The League Excellence Awards Program provides a record of the names, titles, and colleges of the 2019 honorees as well as congratulatory messages from their colleagues. The 2019 award recipients were celebrated at the Innovations Conference held March 1-4, 2020, and those who attended received a copy of the Awards Program during the conference's closing ceremony.
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April 3, 2025
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Plagiarism detection alone is no longer enough—and in some cases, it’s actively harming institutions. With student enrollment more competitive than ever, punitive approaches to academic integrity risk driving students away. Instead of focusing on catching misconduct, how can institutions create a culture that encourages originality and ethical writing from the start?
Join Packback and the League for a discussion on the future of academic integrity, where we’ll explore:
The risks of a detection-first approach, including legal...
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