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Growing Graduate Student Professional Development

December 4, 2018
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Course in Effective Teaching Practices, Jody Greene, University of California Santa Cruz
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In recent years, discussions about the need to prepare graduate students to teach have become more widespread. Graduate students are often taught the content-specific knowledge of their disciplines and how to conduct research, but frequently they aren’t exposed to... Read more

Cut the Busy Work! Establishing Clear Purpose in Course Assignments and Activities

November 18, 2018
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Aligning Activities and Assignments With Course Outcomes, Amanda Hurlbut, mary-ann winkelmes, Texas Woman's University
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You probably remember at some point in your childhood having a parent or adult ask you to do an errand, task, or chore that you didn’t want to do. My first thought when my mom asked me to do... Read more

Announcing Our New Collaboration with NISOD

November 7, 2018
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National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, NISOD
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It’s our honor to announce that the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) have formed a major collaboration to further advance faculty and student success through quality instruction... Read more

Using Narrative Modeling to Introduce the Discussion of Race in the Classroom

Searching honestly for the learned racism and privilege at the heart of white identity is hard given that bearing witness to experiences of racism typically prompts whites to show solidarity with people of color. Read more

Maryville College: Combining Forces in Students’ Career Preparation

As one of the 26 institutions selected as an augural member of the CIC Consortium for Instructional Excellence and Career Guidance, supported by Strada Education Network, Maryville College seized the opportunity for Academic Affairs to collaborate with the Career... Read more

Connecting With Online Students Midsemester Using YouTube, Reflective Self-Evaluations, and DAPPS Goal-Setting Techniques

October 9, 2018
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Amy Clark, DAPPS, Texas Woman's University
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During the summer semester, I reached out to learners across my online courses by creating a 5-minute YouTube video encouraging them to communicate with me, which I embedded in directions for a self-reflective, goal-oriented extra credit activity based on... Read more

Five Tips for Getting a Good Start on the Semester (and Maybe Even Enjoying Ourselves a Little)

August 28, 2018
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CIC, CIC-ACUE Consortium, Consortium for Instructional Excellence and Career Guidance, Roanoke College
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Begin with a Beautiful Problem—the kind of problem that engages you in your work, the kind of problem that drew you into the field, the kind of big, gorgeous, difficult challenge that engages your curiosity and intellect and keeps... Read more

Developing an Evidenced-Based Philosophy of Teaching

August 28, 2018
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Amanda Kratovil-Mailhiot, evidence-based teaching, Purdue University Northwest
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I could not have asked for a better time to learn many techniques for engaging students and becoming a more effective facilitator of learning. Earning the ACUE credential this early in my career not only provided the opportunity for... Read more

Faculty Spotlight: Norman Eng, Bestselling Author and Teacher Educator

August 14, 2018
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City College of New York, Norman Eng, syllabus
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Dr. Norman Eng is an adjunct assistant professor in the childhood education department of the City College of New York (CCNY) and Brooklyn College (CUNY). He teaches child development, a student teaching seminar, and math methodology and is the... Read more

Teaching and Research Excellence: Complementary Sides of the Same Coin

August 1, 2018
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Kansas State University, research-based teaching
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Sitting in our college cafeteria, I hear an administrator espousing that “everyone knows that researchers can’t teach.” Despite the questionable wisdom of not knowing their audience and the fallibility of generalizations, this particular individual was parroting a divide that... Read more

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