Let’s face it, teaching is hard. Reaching your students is hard. And getting your students to fully embrace a new learning technology can be even harder. Heck, even getting student buy-in on anything can feel like pushing a boulder up a hill (shout-out Sisyphus).
Dr. Adam Fein, Vice President for Digital Strategy and Innovation at the University of North Texas, has spent the last several years researching the impact of A.I.-generated instant feedback on student motivation and success. In a new article for eCampus News, Dr. Fein delivers findings from this research and explains why meaningful feedback is especially critical …
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2020 was a tumultuous year for higher education, and 2021 proved to be complex new territory of its own. In this report, you’ll learn more about the instructor experience over the past year and explore what faculty and students need as we move towards the future of higher education. This report summarizes the findings from …
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A recent article by Dr. Richard Pattenaude, chancellor emeritus of the University of Maine System, and KarenAnn Caldwell, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Connecticut, recognizes that creating an online learning environment in which students find motivation internally is necessary for engagement. Among the list of ways professors can encourage students to push …
