Innovations
Moving Low-Income Individuals Into Middle-Skill Jobs is the final report for the Walmart Brighter Futures 2.0 Project, a cooperative effort between the Walmart Foundation and a select group of the nation’s community colleges led by the League for Innovation in the Community College.
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By Erin Bentrim, Ph.D.
Systems can provide structure for assessment and planning, but they cannot create commitment. Digital tools can organize outcomes, store reflections, or support annual cycles, yet they only mirror the choices people make. A sustained practice of evidence use develops when faculty and staff explore results, ask questions, and use information to improve learning. Questions to ask:
How are faculty and staff expected to engage with assessment results beyond submitting required entries?
Where do we see evidence being used to inform decisions or improvements, rather than...
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The John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Awards Program provides a record of the names, titles, and colleges of the 2014 honorees as well as congratulatory messages from their colleagues. The 2018 award recipients were celebrated at the Innovations Conference held March 8-11, 2015, and those who attended received a copy of the Awards Program during the conference's closing ceremony.
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Resources from the Walmart Brighter Futures 2.0 Project
Section I
Program Summary
Section II
Sample Work Plan
Section III
Impact on Individual and Community
Section IV
Success Stories
Section V
Challenges and Lessons Learned
Section VI
Collaborative Partnerships
Section VII
Project Forms, Documents and Other Materials
Certificate
Intake Form
Syllabus
Scholarship Award Letter
Transportation Assistance Form
Section VIII
Project Publicity and Donor Recognition
Flyer - Outreach
Flyer - Workshop
Press Release
Promotional Items
Promotional Video 1
Promotional Video 2
Section IX
Sample...
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April 25, 2023
As technology advances in the field of education, educators are constantly seeking innovative ways to improve student outcomes while also creating engaging learning environments. This presentation will delve into the utilization of Nearpod to foster student engagement, active participation, and improved student performance in higher education courses through the effective combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning materials. Additionally, this session will highlight various methods to facilitate faculty-student and student-student interactions, thereby cultivating a...
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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Join Packback; the League for Innovation in the Community College; and Graham Clay, a professor at University of North Carolina and co-founder of AutomatED, a weekly newsletter on how professors should incorporate and address artificial intelligence and technology in the college classroom.
During this open podcast-style discussion, we will speak with Clay about the different ways he has seen AI implemented in the classroom. He will share insights and expertise on how educators can best take advantage of AI to improve...
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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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