Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

I remember very vividly getting asked multiple times about which school I was going to choose and attend. In fact, I recall that question coming at me in about eight different forms for at least a year. It is a stressful time of life, and deciding on a college is probably the biggest decision a lot of us had to make up to this point in our lives. However, looking back, choosing Hope College was the best decision of my life.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Photo credit: unsplash, @felicialoves, CC0. In this ‘Spotlight on Practice Worth Sharing’ post, Dr Kelly Stone, a lecturer in the Moray House School of Education and Sport, shares some approaches that she has tried to make large lectures more interactive… In a recent Practice Worth Sharing seminar, we discussed how to make large lectures more interactive.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

This program focused on the future of online program management (OPM). Over time, OPMs have expanded to include student recruitment, student retention, and support. When online education began to emerge, many higher education institutions didn’t have the wherewithal and talent to ramp up online programs so many companies started offering OPM services in program conception and creation.

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Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

by Chris Mayer. High tuition and the resulting loan debt, along with low completion rates and concerns about how much students are actually learning in college, have led critics to call for the unbundling of higher education. 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.

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Higher Ed Connects: Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

We have a new in-depth members Guide to Artificial Intelligence. This is the third in our series of in-depth guides that are published quarterly. Our AI guide dives into many topics surrounding AI such as, what is AI, how it is being implemented in education, and what the future holds for AI and education. You can log into the member portal for access to the guide, and download your copy – only available to members. .

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Complete concentration from participants at Shirley’s Personalised Mending workshop. Photo credit: Karen Zhang, Donghua University. In this post, Shirley Mclauchlan, a Lecturer in Textiles at Edinburgh College of Art, shares her reflections on some unexpected outcomes during a recent research and teaching visit to Donghua University, in Shanghai, China… In October 2019, I was invited to Donghua University, Shanghai, by Dr Juliette MacDonald, who is the International Dean at Shangh

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Photo credit: © Mihaela Bodlovic 2019 Festival of Creative Learning This is the third post in the ‘ Spotlight on ELIR ’ series, which will chart the Enhancement-led Institutional Review (ELIR) that will be taking place in autumn 2020. In this post, Professor Tina Harrison introduces the second draft chapter of the Reflective Analysis, ‘Enhancing the student learning experience’, and outlines how staff and students can provide comments… WHAT IS CHAPTER 2 ABOUT?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Neg Reg 2019 and HEA updates on this Higher Ed News Washington update podcast with guest Tom Netting. The Department of Education published final regulations that had achieved unprecedented consensus prior to the reporting deadline for the master calendar. However, two of the three regulations were not finalized in time for the publishing deadline and so will not go into effect on July 1, 2020, but at a later date.

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Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

by Chris Mayer. Undergraduate curricular change at colleges and universities is undertaken for many reasons. At some institutions, the curriculum has been in place for many years, even decades, and it is time for a change. Demographic pressures and concerns about the value of degrees are also motivations for curricular change as some colleges and universities, especially liberal arts colleges, seek a stronger connection between the college experience and employment opportunities for students aft

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Higher Ed Connects: Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

By Fatma Katr. In a fast-paced world where rising human relation issues are often misrepresented or misinterpreted, higher education institutions are moving forward to diversify teaching methods when introducing these issues. One of those methods involves the use of virtual reality (VR) to evoke emotion and empathy among students. . 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 conc

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Photo credit: Pixabay, geralt, CC0 In this post, Professor Velda McCune, Deputy Director at the Institute for Academic Development, explains how embracing mess, uncertainty and complexity in our educational processes can lead to transformative learning in higher education… As you might expect from an educational developer who researches teaching and learning in higher education, I’m really interested in how change processes play out.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Photo credit: Mihela Bodlovic In this mini-series , contributors from across Peer Learning and Support ( PL&S ) will dive into a range of issues relating to PL&S and explore the various benefits and challenges of such initiatives. They will be shedding light on aspects of PL&S that people may not know about, as well as offering new perspectives on more familiar discussions about teaching, learning, and the student experience.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

by Terri E. Givens. There are many stories to be told about students of color in college, and as I wrote in a column for Inside Higher Ed, finances are often the main issue for these students. For example, when I was an undergrad at Stanford University, it was a struggle for me financially. As someone who was a low-income, first-generation college student, I am painfully aware of the financial issues that students face when they arrive on a college campus.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Transforming Higher Ed in turbulent times may seem impossible, in "normal" times is difficult enough. Preparing for what comes next and strategically managing the transformation will make or break your institution.

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

While web and social media channels are now the way potential students research a university or college, the investment in digital & web continues to vary

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Higher Ed Connects: Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

by Terri E. Givens. In November I attended the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) annual meeting of Chief Academic Officers, which was held in Baltimore, Maryland. One of the more interesting discussions during the conference revolved around artificial intelligence (AI). Illah R. Nourbakhsh, Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University, discussed a series of issues related to AI and its potential applications.

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Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Finding your “people” in college was one of the most intimidating things about college. It was a fresh start for me, a fresh start for everyone. I had a lot of questions, things like: Will I find people who like me and have similar interests? Will I grow in my faith through my friends? Will I find someone who I enjoy living with…(roommates are scary) It all started the first weekend that I arrived on campus – Orientation Weekend.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Photo credit: Pixabay, Reginasphotos, CC0 Welcome to the November issue: Expect the unexpected – when teaching innovations don’t turn out as anticipated. In this issue, we will be publishing examples of when a teaching innovation or change in practice has been introduced, piloted, or researched, and it hasn’t turned out as expected. It may simply not have worked, or it could have been more complex or nuanced than anticipated, resulting in unexpected benefits or unintended consequences (positive

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

A student graduates high school, goes on to college, completes his or her degree in four years, and then either continues to grad school or enters the workforce. by Shelley Seale. That is what the education-to-career path has traditionally looked like — but today’s typical higher education student is just as likely to be older when they enter (or return to) university, working while in school, a parent, a first-generation student — or any combination of these.

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

With the average time between website redesigns being five years, how can you keep your site evolving in the meantime?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

We have had our eyes peeled for spooktacular Halloween campaigns from universities across the world

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Chatbots are on the rise across universities.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Photo credit: unsplash, @theexplorerdad, CC0 In this Mini-series Peer Support and Learning post, Rohanie Campbell-Thakoordin, Peer Support Coordinator, discusses the place of identity politics in peer support at the University… It can sometimes feel like an exhausted and relentless rhetoric that ‘identity politics’ are usurping how we interact with socio-political and popular culture.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

© Mihaela Bodlovic 2019 Festival of Creative Learning In this Peer Learning and Support mini-series post , PhD student Larissa Nenning, presents a synopsis of her Student Keynote talk that she presented at the International Peer Learning Forum in Brighton in Summer 2019… The British Higher Education Academy Report on Peer Learning (Keenan 2014), repeatedly states that Peer Learning is a cost-effective way to improve student experience, learner responsibility, and the university’s reputat

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Photo credit: unsplash, @alyssaledesma7, CC0 In this Mini-series in Peer Learning and Support post , Dr Robyn Pritzker, Peer Learning Coordinator, and Rohanie Campbell-Thakoordin, Peer Support Coordinator, highlight some of the most pressing access concerns that they are facing in creating new schemes and developing support for current programmes… One of the missions of the Peer Learning and Support team is to provide every first year who matriculates into the University with access to our

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