by Rick Hill | Apr 19, 2023 | Learning Series
What is Accessibility? Accessibility refers to the design of products, devices, services, and environments that are accessible to people with disabilities. Historically this concept has dated back to ancient ramps built to assist those in wheeled carts and chariots....
by Ashley Dickson | Feb 24, 2023 | Learning Series
Community Building in Virtual Spaces A community is a supportive social group in which members feel a sense of belonging and share a common interest, experience, or goals (Berry, 2017; Brown, 2001; McMillan & Chavis, 1986; Rovai, 2003). In a busy, over-scheduled...
by Karen Walker | Jan 31, 2023 | Learning Series
Faculty’s Role in Supporting Student Agency through Voice, Choice, and Ownership Student success in higher education often depends on their ability to reflect, learn from feedback, apply theory, and incorporate deliberate practice to improve their skills, as discussed...
by Nancy Munce | Dec 1, 2022 | Summer Institute
Summer Institute Day 2 Session 2: Collaborative Learning Research shows that educational experiences that are active, social, contextual, engaging, and student-owned lead to deeper learning. In this second day of workshops for Summer Institute 2022, participants had...
by Nancy Munce | Nov 8, 2022 | Summer Institute
Summer Institute Session 3: Metacognitive Strategies To become self-directed learners, students must learn to assess the demands of the task, evaluate their own knowledge and skills, plan their approach, monitor their progress, and adjust their strategies as needed....
