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Futuristic Scholar Looks to Change the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is assistant professor of science, technology, and innovation in the borderlands at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, a senior global futures scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, and affiliate faculty member with The Design School at Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at ASU.

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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

Meaningful learning tasks are transformative and deep, and rooted in three key elements: emotional connection, sense, and significance (Barkley, 2010): Emotional connection. Strong emotional experiences have a high likelihood of being permanently stored (Willingham, 2009; Barkley, 2010). What a waste! 2010; Bransford et al.,

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Five Tips for Helping Post-Secondary Students Overcome Failure

Faculty Focus

Tip 1: Advocate for the practice of self-compassion and acceptance When faced with a setback it is common for individuals to experience regret and self-blame (Skinner et al., Zhang and Chen (2019) suggest that practicing self-compassion and acceptance can lead to personal improvement after regret experiences.

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Five Tips for Helping Post-Secondary Students Overcome Failure

Faculty Focus

Tip 1: Advocate for the practice of self-compassion and acceptance When faced with a setback it is common for individuals to experience regret and self-blame (Skinner et al., Zhang and Chen (2019) suggest that practicing self-compassion and acceptance can lead to personal improvement after regret experiences.

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Seize the Moment with “Call & Response” Podcast Learning Practices

Faculty Focus

Regardless of whether students decide on asynchronous, synchronous, or HyFlex courses in the future, podcasting can reinforce important educational objectives through concise and manageable tasks while at the same time accompanying self-paced and varied learning styles (Powell & Robson, 2014).

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Seize the Moment with “Call & Response” Podcast Learning Practices

Faculty Focus

Regardless of whether students decide on asynchronous, synchronous, or HyFlex courses in the future, podcasting can reinforce important educational objectives through concise and manageable tasks while at the same time accompanying self-paced and varied learning styles (Powell & Robson, 2014).

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ENGAGEMENT: The Secret Sauce to Effective Faculty Professional Development

Faculty Focus

Professional development should be an enriching and meaningful experience for adults. As a PD facilitator, I try to do what the concept implies; that is, to develop faculty professionally because the experience should empower, encourage, and engage all learners. I must see it to learn it.” Why are we here?