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Letting Go of the Reins: Supporting Student Needs

The Scholarly Teacher

Stephanie Wasmanski , Wilkes University Keywords : Student Choice, Student Autonomy, Self-Determination Theory Key Statement: Supporting students’ basic psychological needs of autonomy and competence through self-selected activities and positive feedback may enhance student engagement and motivation.

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Choice Meets Academic Emotions

The Scholarly Teacher

The Perceived Choice and Awareness Self Scale (PCASS; Deci & Ryan, 2008) was used as a pre-and post-survey bracketing the product and process choice assignments to attain information on perceptions of choice on daily life. 2002) was used as a pre- and post-survey bracketing assignments to gauge the students’ perceptions of the course.

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Teaching Green Computing Online: 15 Years of Student Engagement via Nudging

Higher Education Whisperer

I will be speaking on "Teaching Green Computing Online: 15 Years of Student Engagement via Nudging" at the HERDSA Online Engagement in Higher Education Special Interest Group, 1pm, 10 April 2024."In In 2008 the Australian Computer Society commissioned Tom Worthington to design an online course in green computing.

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Faculty-Student Partnerships in Curriculum Design and Review

The Scholarly Teacher

Introduction For over a decade, Students as Partners in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, or simply Students as Partners (SaP), has gained popularity as a high-impact practice in higher education.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The mission of the Grad Equity Fellowship Program is to provide to students an opportunity to explore the possibility of going on to a Ph.D. There is flexibility for which projects the students engage with, Barrios says. They can work on their mentor’s already established research project or develop their own.

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Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

After all, the humanities are frequently characterized as being in crisis and, since 2008, have suffered massive hemorrhaging in the numbers of new majors. Expanding the use of applied humanities will help students engage in knowledge transfer, “dezoning” knowledge.

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Hazing Prevention

Missouri State

The Office of Student Conduct proactively combats hazing by cultivating and facilitating educational programs, designing impactful social media posts, and collaborating with our campus partners including Fraternity Sorority Life, and the Office of Student Engagement. What is Hazing? What should you know? & Madden, M.