Empowering Faculty With Course-Level Data to Drive Institutional Change Giving faculty access to all course-level data has been nothing short of revolutionary for the culture of Pierce College. We knew that sending student success data to faculty would not be enough. The college sought to provide faculty with direct access to their own [...]
Reasons Students Hate Group Work and Why I Assign It Anyway Join Sherry Engstrom from the College of Lake County for an interactive webinar about using group work to encourage student cooperation, communication, and collaboration. Learn new ways to use group projects to get students excited about engaging with their peers! Sherry Engstrom, [...]
Helping Students Value Challenge and Hard Work In postsecondary classrooms, it’s important to help students move beyond the “empty vessel” model of learning to a model that encompasses self-directed, strategic learning. Sometimes it's difficult for students to value challenges and hard work as components of the learning process because they do not understand [...]
How Your Online Presence Boosts Student Learning Distance learning offers students increased access, adaptability, and agency. However, without an active and engaged faculty presence, online classrooms can be lonely and alienating places. As a result, student satisfaction, achievement, and retention can plummet. Fortunately, you can be the glue that holds your online learning community together [...]
The Hero Complex: Advising Minority Males Resilience and true grit can be developed in minority male students by considering several factors during advising sessions. The facilitator advises students using a theory he calls "The Hero Complex,” which helps students develop proactive strategies and tactics for college completion and transfer. During this webinar, the facilitator discusses [...]
Pedagogical Strategies for Engaging Students and Promoting Success Learning community (i.e., the affective domain necessary for learning) and employing pedagogical strategies that promote student engagement and academic success (i.e., the cognitive domain). The active-learning pedagogical strategies presented work for all students; however, they work particularly well for low-income, first-generation, and minority college students. Hear about [...]
Becoming a Connected Educator: Building Your Own Personal Learning Network The webinar facilitator provides an overview of various strategies and online resources that help faculty members stay current in their respective teaching disciplines. Social media tools as well as additional assets are explored. Webinar participants gain an understanding of what a Personal Learning Network (PLN) [...]
The QUEST: The Completion Project for Males of Color in Community Colleges This webinar highlights the design, development, and delivery of a quality educational program for males of color using a zero-dollar budget. The facilitator reviews the various definitions of learning communities and describes why their implementation is imperative—to help males of color complete the [...]
An Entrepreneurial Mindset for Student Success An entrepreneurial mindset can empower ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things; it is a mindset that exposes opportunity, ignites ambition, and fosters the intra- and interpersonal attitudes, behaviors, and skills that lead to success in college and in life. This webinar offers an inside look at a [...]
Lecture Light Shine: High-Wattage (and Low-Stress) Ideas to Engage Any Student Striving for Excellence A professional development series designed specifically for adjunct faculty and administrators. A NISOD and Cengage Learning Collaboration You have spent years passionately creating your lectures and you do not want to change a thing. Or, as you start your [...]