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Student Success & Equity with Dr. Christine Harrington

Dr. Al Solano

in Community College Leadership program at New Jersey City University and worked at Middlesex County College for 18 years in a variety of roles including professor of psychology and student success, director for the Center for the Enrichment of Learning and Teaching, first-year seminar course coordinator, counselor, and disability services provider.

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Wellbeing matters. But how can we enhance wellbeing across the academic community?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Over the years, researchers have been working on how to best promote positive mental health among students. To combat a negative – or even neutral – emotional learning environment, Dr Alvarado implements strategies to keep students engaged, supported, and responsible for their own time management and learning.

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Top ten Teaching Matters posts of 2021

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

8. “Podcast Series: Student Mental Health & Online Engagement” : [link] As the pandemic continues to challenge our models of effective and healthy learning and teaching environments, another sought-after conversation of 2021 revolved around the theme of mental health. . 10. “What is learning design?

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How to grow Peer Support, community and belonging for online students?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

For example, colleagues in Moray House School of Education and Sport and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies have designed evidence-led peer support programmes, developed over several years which are embedded in the student experience. This also applies to research students.

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An Ode to Academia in the post-pandemic era: Ableism, (un)Seen (dis)Abilities & access-ability of Online Teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

And much similar to the broader neo-liberalised academia, it is highly competitive with an overemphasis on excellence in teaching and research activity ( Brown and Leigh, 2018 ). She is a Common Wealth scholar, a Fellow in Advance Higher Education, UK (FHEA), and an Association of Medication Education in Europe (AMEE) member.

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