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The increasing pressure on students after Covid-19

SRHE

by Caroline Jones and Huw Bell After the pandemic students are facing difficulties linked to health, wellbeing, finances and employment prospects; increased rents, housing shortages, zero hours contracts, the cost-of-living crisis and foodbank usage all of which can affect mental health and wellbeing.

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Inquiring Minds Want to Know…About Social, Cognitive, and Teacher Presence Online

The Scholarly Teacher

Kari Henry Hulett , Northeastern State University Maria Gray , Northeastern State University Key Statement: Faculty can intentionally design courses using the Community of Inquiry Framework to achieve greater student engagement and learning outcomes. Image copyright Henry Hulett and Gray, 2023. Garrison et al.

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Making Theater More Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shaffer as a guiding text, wanting to help his students engage with and think about performance differently. Students can] begin thinking about their own background. Villada worked with a Spanish and Caribbean literature student to transform her work into a Spanglish performance, and Wallace says it resonated.

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ChatGPT coming soon to Microsoft apps like Word and PowerPoint

University Business

The tip first came from an unnamed source cited by The Information , alleging that “Microsoft has discussed incorporating OpenAI’s artificial intelligence in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and other apps so customers can automatically generate text using simple prompts,” the article reads. “Chief among them is accuracy.

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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Texting has also been used effectively by the extended opportunity programs and services department to encourage students to sign up for classes during their priority registration period, and by the academic counseling office to increase the number of students who registered early for the spring 2023 semester.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

This article describes a Future Teachers of Color Summit. public school teachers were White (80%), while White students accounted for only 46% of elementary and secondary school populations (NCES, 2023). Consequently, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students comprise 54% of the total school population.

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Using Mini-Lectures to Create Active Learning Space

The Scholarly Teacher

Think about a time when you read something challenging, perhaps an article or a textbook chapter, and people started talking near you. Following are five such situations (Zakrajsek & Nilson, 2023). Students need to acquire foundational information quickly. Do you prefer to lecture or to facilitate group activities?