Equity Insight Metrics for Faculty: Moving Beyond Buzzwords Equity Insight Metrics for Faculty: Moving Beyond Buzzwords Too often, institutions rely on lagging performance indicators that analyze students’ past performance, such as graduation rates. Research has now identified a set of leading key indicators in students’ first term and first year that provide evidence [...]

Increasing Equity in STEM and Career Technical Education With Open Educational Resources With the cost of college steadily increasing, many students struggle to afford the materials necessary for success in their courses. River Parishes Community College faculty Dr. Esperanza Zenon is tackling this issue by using and promoting open education resources (OER). This presentation will [...]

Five Simple Ways to Improve Engagement in College Success Courses for Better Outcomes In October 2018, EdSurge released the research study "Measuring Up: How Community Colleges Define, Measure and Support Student Success." This study revealed important trends in student success initiatives, current practices for institutional analytics, and early indicators of student success at [...]

Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning: How Do We Help Our Students Recognize and Mitigate the Impact of Stress and Traumatic Experiences In times of uncertainty, we look to our leaders–at home, at school, and at work–for guidance and reassurance. Students, particularly underprivileged students, look to their instructors for this kind of reassurance and comfort. How can [...]

Mindful Course Design for Student Success How did you develop a heart for the mission of community colleges? With a focus on student-centered online engagement strategies, this webinar describes course designs that enable students to succeed. By exploring the rewards associated with the Bartlett Model for Engaging the Online Learner, webinar attendees develop [...]

Alternative Avenues for Non-Traditional Students: Finding Value in Prior Learning Assessment as a Faculty Member Prior learning assessment (PLA) is a powerful tool for engaging non-traditional students. The task of evaluating requests for prior learning credit often falls to faculty members in community college settings. Some faculty doubt PLA because it removes students from seats [...]

Supporting Faculty Across Higher Education with Best Practices for Teaching Online Is your institution struggling to support faculty as they transition to online modalities? Now more than ever, being prepared to teach online is a critical mission for every higher education institution. Best Practices for Teaching Online (BPTO) is a professional development program [...]

Ensuring Equity and Success in Community Colleges: Using iClicker for Active Learning Active learning transforms classrooms, giving every student a voice and helping improve course outcomes. Join Dr. Brandon Tenn, veteran student engagement expert and instructor at Merced College, to learn how implementing active learning techniques with iClicker can change your classroom dynamics [...]

Writing the World This webinar explores how a student-managed daily writing practice, within and beyond the classroom, transforms teaching and learning in composition and literature classes. Learn how daily writing can help students write across disciplines, polish critical and creative thinking, become empowered, and live with more intention. Learning Outcomes: Learn the value [...]