Innovations
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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October 1, 2020
Our knowledge of how students learn has grown significantly over the last few decades. In keeping with this trend, the quality and sheer amount of research on instructional strategies has also grown, and active learning has emerged as an instructional method that can improve learning outcomes for all students, including students from marginalized backgrounds and populations.
In this webinar, participants will learn about active learning techniques that have been shown to improve student learning in the college classroom. They will also learn about the K. Patricia Cross Academy...
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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 2012 honorees as well as congratulatory messages from their colleagues. The 2012 award recipients were celebrated at the Innovations Conference held March 10-13, 2013, and those who attended received a copy of the Awards Program during the conference's closing ceremony.
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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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