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Sweet chili lime pistachios? In my classroom?
Diane Hollister, Faculty Advisor, Pearson | October 9, 2019Higher EducationSweet chili lime pistachios. Yes, they are real; and they are addictive. One of my team members told me...
Online proctoring just got easier!
Calandra Davis, Customer Success Specialist, Pearson | October 4, 2019Higher EducationOnline faculty often require their students to take proctored tests to help safeguard the academic integrity of their courses....
Using screencasting for student feedback
Alan Shapiro, IT Faculty Advisor, Pearson | September 6, 2019Higher EducationHere is a scenario that I am sure most of you have experienced in your teaching career: Sam is...
Successful design strategies for online courses
Terry Austin, Department Chair, Biology, Temple College | September 5, 2019Higher EducationIn order for an online course to be successful, one must first divorce their thinking from the traditional face-to-face...
The search for a high quality CTE
Stephen DeWitt, Deputy Executive Director, ACTE | September 5, 2019Higher EducationWhat is high-quality career and technical education? For years, policymakers, business leaders, education professionals and others have referenced and...
5 role models and the lessons they continue to teach generations
Pearson | August 21, 2019Higher EducationWe teamed up with researchers from Nesta and the Oxford Martin School to understand the top skills that every student...
Call me by my name
Brooke Quinlan, Educational Consultant, Pearson | August 14, 2019Higher EducationWhile in graduate school at West Virginia University, I was a teaching assistant for college algebra. The course coordinator...
What’s next for education? Voices of career and technical education students and teachers
Jim Brazell, CTE Specialist, Pearson | August 7, 2019Higher Education, PreK-12 EducationCareer and Technical Education (CTE) is emerging as a platform for educational innovation in schools. CTE and academic courses...
Neuroscience and my classroom: Can it really help?
Diane Hollister, Faculty Advisor, Pearson | August 1, 2019Higher EducationWonder if you are the only instructor trying to figure out what might help your students learn? Wading through...
Finding Your Sunshine: Identify pillars of support to help achieve collegiate success
Natalie Farran | August 1, 2019Higher EducationWhen I started going to college, I found that the subjects got a lot harder than in high school....
Teaching corequisite courses with MyLab Math
Stephanie Walker, MyLabs Math & Stats Faculty Advisor, Pearson | July 29, 2019Higher EducationTo better serve students who require developmental courses, many schools are considering corequisite courses (also called pathways or a...
Growth advice from an institutional leader
Pearson | July 23, 2019Higher EducationToday, online programs make sense, but given growing competition, few institutions have the resources to launch or scale them...
You want me to use my phone in class?
Diane Hollister, Faculty Advisor, Pearson | July 15, 2019Higher EducationStudents and smartphones. Educators have legitimate concerns about their use in the classroom, and how the technology is quite...
Does group work in college prepare you for the real world?
Jennifer Brown | July 11, 2019Higher EducationAs college students we hear about the importance of group work. In fact, group work is emphasized considerably throughout...
Living History: Understanding the present by studying the past
Patricia Skinner | July 2, 2019Higher EducationWhy do I think history is the best major ever? I know that history is not really the favorite...
21st-century skills: Teaching empathy? It’s complicated.
Chelsey Philpot, Contributor | June 24, 2019Higher EducationTrevor Walraven was just 12 years old when he started using methamphetamines, smoking weed, and taking hallucinogens. When he...
I can’t remember! Or can I?…Let’s learn about retrieval practice
Diane Hollister, Faculty Advisor, Pearson | June 20, 2019Higher EducationMaybe you are chuckling to yourself about a moment recently where that happened to you. You sat at your...
Opportunities to bridge the college & career readiness gap
Donna Butler, Faculty Advisor for College and Career Readiness, Pearson | June 12, 2019Higher Education, PreK-12 EducationIn education today, many states are testing high school (HS) students in their junior year to determine if they...