Here’s one way to stop “summer melt”
As recently as last year, nearly one in five students who committed to attending Georgia State University (GSU) never showed up for classes in the fall.
Month: March 2019
7 ways AI will shape the future of work & higher ed
With so many industries seeing the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) applications come to fruition, we will need highly trained workers to fill what is likely to be…
It’s time to redefine student success
In higher ed today, student success is focused on retention, graduation, or completion rates. Institutions appear to be stuck in the paradigm that if college students simply complete…
7 myths about online learning in higher ed
While online learning has been around for many years, it took a new twist when the first online university launched in 1976.
3 challenges & solutions around online learning
For 15 years, I’ve been strongly committed to educational excellence and creating a positive learning experience in the online environment. The progress made in the distance education community…
Here’s a way for colleges to help develop tomorrow’s leaders
Metropolitan Community College (MCC) students who want to grow their leadership skills get the opportunity at the Missouri college’s MCC LEADS Academy.
Can adaptive tools improve student retention?
A new initiative is targeting failure rates in foundational courses--a major cause of college dropouts--by giving scalable, high-quality support to colleges and universities seeking to improve student retention.…
Are you reaching the “new normal” student?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 62 percent of undergraduate students, described as the “new normal,” have at least one nontraditional characteristic such as being a…
I taught online courses and formed stronger relationships with my students
Even though I never saw the 50 college students I taught in back-to-back sessions last summer, I feel especially close to them. Our digital relationships were just as…
How power dynamics can undermine effective learning
By definition, there is a finite amount of power over any given set of human interactions. How those relationships are structured can have significant impacts on the ability…