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An online surge at Virginia Tech. But what about outcomes?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

That is, the online format may provide students with opportunities to engage. Gregory Tew, associate professor in the Virginia Tech College of Architecture, Arts and Design, had bolstering student engagement in mind when he moved two of his classes—Design Appreciation and Life in the Built Environment—online.

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I Would Have Cheated in College Using ChatGPT

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Other students may be influenced by which assignments they think are important for their career goals, how much work is reasonable to expect of them and, very often, or whether they think the instructor cares about their learning. I’ve conducted a fair few focus groups with students over the years.

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Don't buy in to the myth: college is the real world (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” It is also an underlying theme of Nathan Heller’s provocative New Yorker article, “ The End of the English Major ,” whose dire conclusions based on the frustratingly limited evidence of two large, high-profile research universities sent academic Twitter in an uproar.

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Can Video Games Provide Meaningful Learning Experiences?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Engaging, immersive and highly interactive, video games are a $97 billion industry in the United States, making up over 6 percent of all spending on entertainment and media. Whether you like or loathe video games, the fact is that they have become one of the primary ways that many students engage with the past.