Student Engagement: How To Help Students Succeed in the Online Environment

February 12, 2018 0

Online learning has become an innovative way for busy college students to take the classes they need while still having time to work and participate in other activities. Virtual classrooms have many pros but they […]

Zoom/VidGrid Integration

February 8, 2018 0

Zoom, the virtual meeting platform, has integrated with VidGrid , enterprise video platform offered through TILT. This integration allows you to consolidate all of your recordings in one location. The process for hosting and recording […]

Appeals court reinstates long-standing tenure denial case brought by black law professor

A federal appeals court in Washington last week revived a former law professor’s tenure denial case against his one-time institution, the University of the District of Columbia. The case itself is unusual in that the professor,...
AAUP votes to censure or sanction three institutions at its annual meeting

The American Association of University Professors voted to censure two institutions for alleged violations of academic freedom and tenure at its annual meeting Saturday in Washington. It sanctioned a third administration for deviating from AAUP-supported...
Liberty University cuts divinity faculty

A dozen faculty members at Liberty University’s Rawlings School of Divinity learned at the end of May they would not have their contracts renewed, representing significant cuts to the on-the-ground instructional work force of the...
Survey shows public's support for, and qualms about, higher education

Nuance is a good thing, and it tends to help improve our understanding of complex issues and public policy questions. Unfortunately, our political discourse and, increasingly, news media coverage seem less and less inclined to...
Harvard professors vow new effort to promote open debate

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. and Stephanie Robinson, two married Harvard University law professors, were not renewed in their positions as faculty deans of the residential Winthrop House after a series of controversies set off by...
Colleges award tenure

Clarkson University Ali Boolani, physical therapy Colby College Denise Bruesewitz, environmental studies Tasha Dunn, geology Daniel LaFave, economics Elizabeth McGrath, physics and astronomy Ronald Peck, biology Sonja Thomas, women’s, gender and sexuality studies Natalie Zelensky, music Indiana University Northwest Tia Walker, chemistry Micah Pollak, business Norwich University David Feinauer,...

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10 May

TILT Tip: Ways to Improve Reading Assignment Completion

Around 70% of college students come to class having not competed the reading assignment for the day. How can you improve this statistic in your classroom? Here are a few ideas from Pedagogy Unbound: https://t.co/ZIcp9UuocT

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TILT Tip: Are your tried-and-true teaching strategies working as well as they always have? Or do you find yourself needing to rejuvenate your classroom activities with fresh ideas? Here are six to spark your creativity: https://t.co/iUvvu1iwXD

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TILT Tip: Making online courses accessible to all learners has been a challenge for many online instructors. Our instructional designers have collaborated with faculty members and used SoftChalk to create accessible online modules. https://t.co/3kq6AlVamu

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7 May

TILT Tip: Knowledge Series - Conclusion
Knowledge starts from small bits of information to complex system of theories and laws, then they are applied to real world scenarios as actions and procedures. (more) https://t.co/SNEJ3tryXg

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