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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. With our staff, we’ve engaged in professional development through International Coaching Federation, which is one of the largest governing bodies for coaching,” says Heim. “It Santiago and Sarita E.

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Panelists Debate Solutions for Nigerian Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Macarthur Foundation in 2004, focuses on developing the capacity of higher education institutions in the West African nation. Businesses often spend money training their new workers in these areas, but Adeoye suggested that they invest in professional development centers at colleges, which would have greater long-term benefits.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Using open access resources in teaching

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Open access works can be made available through OA publishers and/or OA repositories ( Suber 2004 ). Two reasons from a teaching perspective are that using OA resources is of benefit to students for their current studies and future engagement with academic research and theory for professional development.

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Research ethics committees should rethink risk

SRHE

We have done this as educational researchers, as members of RECs trying to influence our own ethics committees, and as supervisors supporting doctoral researchers, including those raising concerns at the SRHE’s professional development events about their struggles to gain ethical approval for planned projects.

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Digital citizenship and the importance of creating safe and inclusive online learning spaces

Teaching Matters Online Learning

As early as 2004, educators Mark Ribble, Gerald Bailey and Tweed Ross defined digital citizenship as, “the norms of appropriate and responsible behavior with regard to technology use” (p.7). Although relatively new, the term digital citizenship has become increasingly prominent, especially within educational settings.