News Roundup: Preparing Students to Become Engaged Citizens
This week, resources for helping nontraditional students thrive in college and preparing all student to become engaged citizens. Sign up for The Q Newsletter for weekly news and insights. How Can Colleges Help Their Adult Students? In this video, Anne Clark Bartlett, who was a nontraditional student, discusses approaches institutions can use to help nontraditional […]
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Highlights from ACE 2018
ACE 2018: Remarks by ACUE Founder and CEO Jonathan Gyurko
ACE President Ted Mitchell and ACUE Founder and CEO Jonathan Gyurko provided an update on ACE and ACUE’s collaboration to over 100 presidents and chancellors who attended an opening reception at ACE’s 100th Annual Meeting this week. ACE and ACUE’s landmark collaboration was formed in 2016 to expand dramatically the use of effective teaching practices […]
News Roundup: New Teaching Approaches for Today’s Learners
This week, how to keep teaching from becoming rote, and using new teaching approaches to help today’s learners succeed. Surprises in the Classroom Keeping lessons from becoming too predictable will make learners curious about what will happen next, according to Bonni Stachowiak. Finding times to present problems or challenges, using props, playing games, and going […]
Hogan and Sathy: “Why Teach Inclusivity?”
“Top 8” Photo Countdown From ACE’s Annual Meeting 2018
#8: “I’m awake.” Meeting attendees taking the escalator between floors were greeted with a video montage from ACUE’s courses projected on the wall. In this still, a student featured in our unit on active learning is pictured saying “I’m awake. And I’m awake because I’m engaging constantly.” #7: The nation’s teaching center Testimonials […]
Why We’re “Speaking Up” About Inclusive Teaching Strategies
“Did you know that I never raised my hand to answer a question once in college?” “Me neither.” We had been doing workshops with faculty from our own institution and others about inclusive teaching for quite a while before we had this conversation. It didn’t surprise either of us that we shared this history, because […]
News Roundup: Innovative, High-Impact Teaching Practices
Teaching and learning centers are encouraging instructors to use innovative ways of teaching, and a higher education leader implores faculty to use high-impact educational practices at the National Student Success Conference. Sign up for The ‘Q’ Newsletter for weekly news and insights. Centers of the Pedagogical Universe Rather than introducing faculty to new technologies, many […]
