In today’s world, video is everywhere. In fact, according to Donchev (2018), over 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every single minute! If you’re teaching an online course,
Surveys are powerful tools for gathering meaningful feedback to improve online course design and implementation. While student feedback surveys often take center stage, course facilitator surveys are equally important for
Selecting objective-aligned, high-quality course content is crucial for guiding students toward their learning goals and ensuring a meaningful educational experience. By leveraging AI tools, faculty can streamline content creation while
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) can provide faculty with an additional partner to draft engaging and diverse course content and materials. Interested in using AI as a brainstorming partner to draft
The Impact of Administrative Decisions on Online Education: A Three-Part Series Welcome to our series exploring the crucial role administrative decisions play in shaping the online learning environment. This collection
The Impact of Administrative Decisions on Online Education: A Three-Part Series Welcome to our series exploring the crucial role administrative decisions play in shaping the online learning environment. This collection
English language learners (ELLs) bring a rich tapestry of cultural knowledge, diverse perspectives, and multilingual skills to the classroom, enriching the learning experience for everyone. However, along with their strengths,
The Impact of Administrative Decisions on Online Education: A Three-Part Series Welcome to our series exploring the crucial role administrative decisions play in shaping the online learning environment. This collection
In the Winter 2018 edition of The Classical Teacher, Martin Cothran wrote an eye-opening piece titled “The Critical Thinking Skills Hoax.” He tackled a popular buzzword in American education: critical thinking.
As of 2013, more than a million veterans have taken advantage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill to pursue their higher education degrees, and that number has steadily increased over the
Veteran service members come with various ‘hard’ skill sets learned during service and are as varied as their backgrounds. Likewise, their ‘soft’ skills, like leadership, organization, communication, and team-based problem
Creating clear, effective rubrics is essential for guiding students and ensuring fair, transparent assessment. By using the 3Ps framework—Prep, Purpose, and Parameters—faculty can leverage AI tools to streamline rubric development
Across recent research and practitioner guidance, a consistent theme emerges: AI is most productive when it automates the routine so
The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (or GenAI) is present in all teaching modalities and levels. Tools like ChatGPT, Gemini,
2025 brought even more urgency to finding an answer to the question, “What is the role of educators when it
AI-empowered research is reshaping the way we summarize, interpret, and discover knowledge. Faculty and students can now look to AI
Course acceleration is the process of transitioning a traditional, semester-long course into a shorter format, typically seven to eight weeks,
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