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Restorative Practices in ResLife: The Role of Fair Process in Curriculum Development

Roompact

| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional. Continue Reading → Curriculum Res Ed curricular approaches curriculum restorative practices

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Non-Traditional Learning

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

What it’s not Defining […] Academic communities Curriculum development Liz Lovejoy CAHSS Centre for Open Learning non-traditional learning

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Teaching activities that bring out the best in students – shouldn’t we all strive for that?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Curriculum development Scholarship of teaching and learning Student engagement Uncategorized Veronique Schutjens Curriculum Toolkit – Reflection experiential learning learning community pedagogy reflection Reflective Learning 2022

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Catching the waves: surfing, enhancement, and student success

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this post, Gavin McCabe takes stock of the many Enhancement initiatives he has helped develop at the University over the years and reflects on how to remain open and responsive to opportunities.

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The Path to 2030: An extended learning opportunity at The University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Learning opportunities are abundant, with freely available MOOCs and other online […] Amanda Meyer Community engagement Curriculum development Global Student employability and career development Uncategorized alumni Enhancement 20 Enhancement Themes global PGT SDG sustainable development goal

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Reflections on reflecting: A student’s mirror

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Nia considers how the SLICC’s unique reflective learning and assessment framework has been fundamental to their academic development — and their growth as a writer and scholar.

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The Reflection Toolkit: Supporting effective reflection

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Careers Service Curriculum development Gavin McCabe Scholarship of teaching and learning Staff development in learning and teaching Tobias Thejll-Madsen Uncategorized Curriculum Toolkit – Reflection digital resources experiential learning reflection Reflective Learning 2022

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What even is a University anyway?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Academic and personal support Assessment and Feedback Ellen MacRae EUSA Student employability and career development Student engagement Tara Gold Teaching environments Uncategorized CTP curriculum development L&T conference Learning & Teaching Conf 2022 Hot Topic

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From field experiences to experiential learning: The importance of reflection

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Curriculum development Dan Swanton Scholarship of teaching and learning School of GeoSciences Uncategorized course design Curriculum Toolkit – Active teaching methods Curriculum Toolkit – Reflection experiential learning field work reflection Reflective Learning 2022

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Welcome to the Nov-Dec Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Reflective Learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Welcome to the November and December Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Reflective Learning.

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Welcome to the Sept-Oct Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Careers and Employability

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this first post, Colm Harmon, Vice-Principal Students, introduces the series, contextualising its importance in the landscape of the current Curriculum Transformation Programme. Welcome to the September and October Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Careers and Employability.

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Life Design: Connecting students to their future

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Careers Service Curriculum development Scholarship of teaching and learning Sharon Maguire Student employability and career development Uncategorized careers careers and employability 2022 Curriculum Toolkit – Skills and attributes curriculum transformation employability

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Careers by Design: Scottish Government’s Career Review

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Careers Service Curriculum development Shelagh Green Student employability and career development careers careers and employability 2022 CTP Curriculum Toolkit – Explicit recognition of employability curriculum transformation employability

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How Virtual Reality is Being Used in Curriculum to Develop Empathy

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

Like any learning technology, VR can be integrated in university curriculums in useful ways, in the sense that it is able to tap into student emotions and their concepts of certain issues, to challenge stereotypes and bias. By Fatma Katr.

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Trends in Curricular Change

Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

At some institutions, the curriculum has been in place for many years, even decades, and it is time for a change. The University of Virginia recently completed a significant revision of its curriculum that sought to make it more “ innovative, comprehensive and interdisciplinary.”

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Innovations and Ethical Considerations for AI in Higher Education

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

Ethical issues have been an important topic, and Norkbakhsh pointed out that it will be important for us all to understand both the value and limitations of AI as it develops, and to avoid its misuse as algorithms can be written in ways that discriminate. Curriculum Development Technology

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Book Review of College Made Whole: Integrative Learning for a Divided World

Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

Unbundling higher education involves creating learning opportunities that are shorter than traditional undergraduate degrees, and more focused on the development of a particular skill or acquisition of knowledge. Integrated Curriculum. by Chris Mayer.

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Four Ways to Incorporate Restorative Practices into your Work

Roompact

| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional. This post is one in a series about integrating Restorative Practices into a model for residential learning.

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Restorative Practices in ResLife: Organizational and Group Culture Shift

Roompact

| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional. Continue Reading → Curriculum Res Ed curricular approaches restorative practices

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Restorative Practices in ResLife: Residential Curriculum and Curricular Approaches

Roompact

| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional. Continue Reading → Curriculum Res Ed curricular approaches restorative practices

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Restorative Practices in ResLife: Roommate Agreements

Roompact

| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional. This post is one in a series about integrating Restorative Practices into a model for residential learning.

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Restorative Practices in ResLife: A Restorative Model for Residential Education and Learning

Roompact

| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional. Continue Reading → Curriculum Res Ed

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Restorative Practices in ResLife: Prioritizing Connection in Intentional Conversations & Interactions

Roompact

| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional. This post is one in a series about integrating Restorative Practices into a model for residential learning.

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Restorative Practices in ResLife: Engaging Students by Integrating Fair Process into Assessment

Roompact

| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional. Continue Reading → Curriculum Res Ed assessment curricular approaches fair process restorative practices

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Restorative Practices in ResLife: From “Floor Meeting” to “Community Gathering,” Using Circles

Roompact

| Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional. Continue Reading → Curriculum Res Ed circles res ed restorative practices

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Deborah W. Martinez

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Martinez has extensive experience as a senior association executive, including the development and management of continuing education and professional development programs, as well as regional, national and international conferences and meetings. She is co-author of numerous publications on topics ranging from geriatric cardiology to curriculum development. Title: Executive Director International Ultraviolet Association Deborah W.

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Psychomotor skills should be at the core of all learning

Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

It makes sense that any curriculum development process needs to put the media at the forefront of its planning. Curricula need to developed around intended learning outcomes that are clearly articulated around the development of psychomotor skills. The focus is on developing the skills, always with a light to their transferability across other tools. Any learning design framework that does not address the psychomotor skills is not worth exploring.

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Celebrating Black History: Now is the Time for Courageous Conversations and Bold Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The governor and his staff denounced the curriculum as being “woke” and contrary to Florida law.

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AUCC to Launch Institute to Support Minority Engineers with $1.5 Million Investment from A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A.

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AUCC to Launch Institute to Support Minority Engineers with $1.5 Million Investment from A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A.

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Nominations Open for the Excellence in Accounting Ethics Education Award

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

  A monetary award of $1,000 and a plaque will be presented at the annual Ethics Symposium to an individual (or individuals) who has (have) developed and implemented an innovative technique/method for incorporating ethics into undergraduate or graduate accounting courses.

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Will You Still Respect Me If I Am Not Overwhelmed?

The Scholarly Teacher

Early into a new job of building a faculty development center at a medium-sized midwestern university, I had the opportunity to speak with the president in the hallway. When I approved your hire, it was because I thought you were an effective faculty developer. Todd Zakrajsek.

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House weaponization subcommittee seeks records from universities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The Center for an Informed Public started in December 2019 as a way to bring together an interdisciplinary team of researchers “to translate research about misinformation and disinformation into policy, technology design, curriculum development, and public engagement.”

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Connecticut College president is stepping down

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I care deeply—and I always have—for the success of our faculty, the well-being of our staff, and above all, the intellectual, social, and professional development of our students. Connecticut College president Katherine Bergeron is stepping down in the wake of student protests and widespread calls for her resignation over missteps on diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Connecticut College president resigns under pressure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I care deeply—and I always have—for the success of our faculty, the well-being of our staff, and above all, the intellectual, social, and professional development of our students.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

Predictive analytics tapping into trends in fields of study, labor-market demand, and into other historic data, current and predictive data can lend insights that help colleges and universities be more proactive and nimbler with curriculum development and staffing.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Visualization based on definitions of positive stress, tolerable stress, and toxic stress from the US National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. By: Frederick (Rick) Ezekiel, PhD, Director of Equitable Learning, Health and Wellness, Centennial College, Toronto, Canada. SUMMARY.

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Case Study in a CBE Ecosystem: Core Curriculum

eLiterate

They have a core curriculum , an accompanying set of competencies , and a common course numbering system. For example, the development of interoperability standards will be a natural outgrowth of a working system in which competency credits are being transferred at scale.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Confessions of a Community College Dean

What about curriculum development? ” Instructors moderate class discussions and answer questions about course content, but they do not develop the course material.

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Where higher ed leaders agree (and disagree) on the biggest barriers to DEIJ progress

EAB

In recent years, institutions have confronted historical legacies of oppression , invested in faculty diversity , and developed retention programs for Black and Latino men , among many other initiatives. Blogs.