January 2021 archive

SIP 13.2 The ‘Why’ of Community-building During a Pandemic

Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Higher education has traditionally recognized community-building as a method of underpinning a successful classroom experience for students and faculty. Never has this been more important – we are (hopefully) heading into the final mandated virtual semester of the pandemic, but everyone is tired and isolated, and students are struggling …

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SIP 13.1 Engaging Students with the Platforms They Use

Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? As we start another semester, many of us are sharing stories about lagging engagement in synchronous and asynchronous online classes. There are many news stories about Zoom fatigue, and we all feel it too. These same students, and we ourselves, do seem to be engaged online in other ways …

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