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Replace Traditional Textbooks with Technology Resources through Trebian’s Model

June 19, 2023
College textbooks provide highly specialized content and are expensive whether they are in hard copy or digital format. The average cost of college books (see graph below) declined in the 2020-2021 academic year, in part due to an increased rate of textbook rentals and use of digital course materials such as OERs (Hanson, 2022). The…

Incorporating a Success Module in Precalculus Algebra to Face Post-Pandemic Challenges

June 19, 2023
“In the United States, almost 50% of the students who follow a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) will not complete it” (Johnsom et al., 2022). Moreover, when the World Health Organization announced about the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kindergarten to 12th grade schools and institutions of higher learning worldwide responded with…

Incorporate a Holistic Educational Model [Policies-Pedagogy-Dialogue-Caring] to Promote Student Success and Retention

June 6, 2022
Students enrolled in university programs were affected significantly in their ability to remain focused on meeting program expectations while contending with pandemic-induced challenges. Faculty in a school of nursing responded by developing a four-pronged model with initiatives to support students and foster their success.

Use Discussion Boards, Google Docs, and Pages Tool for Online, Case-based, Collaborative learning

March 2, 2020
Description Case-based learning is often used in social science classes, as well as in other disciplines. This can be challenging to implement online. By dividing a class into smaller groups, and assigning a separate discussion board to each group, the groups can do their planning asynchronously and completely online, while the instructor has a complete…