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Special Education Professor Taps into Technology, Grant Funding to Engage Students

Insight Into Diversity

to pursue her master’s degree, knowing little about the field she planned to enter. She received GMU’s Teaching Excellence Award for Technology-Enhanced Teaching in 2016, the inaugural GMU Online Teaching Excellence Award in 2018, and the John Toups Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Teaching in 2023.

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Building Community, Collaborative, and Cognitive Classroom Culture 

Faculty Focus

When people hear the term “culture,” it is often associated solely with ethnic culture. Recognizing the role of ethnic culture in classroom success is crucial for creating meaningful learning experiences (Thompson, Kirby, & Smith, 2016).

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Why Not Both?: It’s time to teach accessibly AND teach accessibility! 

WCET Frontiers

As you may or may not know, we’ve been undertaking an accessibility review and revision of our entire website and document development practices. You can watch the recording of the webcast to listen to the discussion and learn from our journey! I also really appreciate the ideas for including accessibility in student experiences.

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A Positive Environment of Engagement and Retention in the Online Learning Environment  

Faculty Focus

According to The Glossary of Education Reform (2016), engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion students show when they are learning or being taught. As faculty, we must do our best to not only observe engaged practices but include them within the online environment of today.

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Can Cheating on Steroids in Colleges and Universities be Stopped?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Cheating has always been around, but it is now easier and more accessible with the use of technology and online learning. Chegg, a publicly traded technology company that hosts answers to questions and problems in popular textbooks, skyrocketed in value during the pandemic. People lie on their resumes to get a better job.

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Building Community, Collaborative, and Cognitive Classroom Culture 

Faculty Focus

When people hear the term “culture,” it is often associated solely with ethnic culture. Recognizing the role of ethnic culture in classroom success is crucial for creating meaningful learning experiences (Thompson, Kirby, & Smith, 2016).

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Chatbots and AI in Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

The panel explored what's possible with the technology and shared success stories. Smart technology was predicted by decades of utopian and dystopian science fiction, and Dr. Berman believes that we can appreciate AI's potential by penetrating the myths about it: "AI is actually an umbrella of technologies.