Evidence shows what many faculty already know: that many students are not doing the assigned readings for their classes. The numbers are striking. Today’s
Faculty are forever looking for ways to improve performance, and a recent article by Xiao and Hew (2023) explores the possibility of using rewards
A number of online programs now have a “plain language” requirement for course content. This means that course content cannot use words that might
Infographics have become a nearly ubiquitous accompaniment to written reports and presentations. For today’s students, visual communication skills are as important as written and
Higher education has traditionally taken students out of the “real world” by placing them in the artificial world of a classroom to learn. But
Over the past few years, it has become popular in education to broadcast the “backchannel” to students during a large class through a dedicated
I spent many years managing a multimillion-dollar marketing budget for an online program and many years training faculty to be great teachers. One thing
Most instructors know the value of YouTube videos for supplementing instructional material. YouTube has a wealth of instructor- and expert-created content that can vividly
Many students fail in their studies not due to lack of ability but rather because of poor behaviors that undermine their learning (procrastinating, spending
While education circles have focused on ChatGPT, many other AI systems have emerged that offer instructors and students tools to help create teaching material
