Showing Empathy and Communicating in Survival Mode: Managing Your Online Presence While Teaching During Coronavirus

You, the instructor, play an important role in shaping your students’ learning experience. As courses across the world move online in light of the coronavirus pandemic, prompting discussions and engaging and encouraging students become all the more challenging. How do you support your students and foster learning in a virtual setting? Northern Arizona University’s Flower […]
“It’s About Connecting”: Welcoming Students to Your Online Environment

ACUE launches a six-part Effective Online Instruction webinar series When she’s not teaching her courses, Flower Darby teaches pilates at her local gym. Once, when she was running to class behind schedule, she noticed a woman standing outside of the studio carrying a yoga mat and looking a little apprehensive. The lights weren’t on, the […]
Creating a Culture of Caring

Student mental health is a growing issue at colleges and universities. According to research, nearly 7 million students nationwide meet the criteria for a clinically significant mental health problem. While most are not clinicians, faculty can play an essential role as helpers, supporting students through practical approaches. Now more than ever before, there is a […]
Getting Creative with Biology

Broward College’s biological sciences professors get creative in response to COVID-19 Classroom instruction is challenging enough to transition to remote learning. But how can you recreate a virtual science lab? That’s the concern that first came to mind for Idelisa Ayala, an associate professor at Broward College, when she first learned her college would transfer […]