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The Toolbox | Moving Online: Ten Ways to Pack and Unpack Your Courses [TEXT / VIDEO]
"Change. Adapt. Bend so as not to be broken. Let opportunity guide your actions." - Wayne Gerard Trotman, Trinidadian-British author In this issue, The Toolbox examines strategies for making the transition to online course delivery...
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![The Toolbox: Acknowledging the Needs and Priorities of Adult Learners [VIDEO]](https://iwucapsfaculty.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/The-Toolbox-December-2019-342x170.png)
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The Toolbox: Acknowledging the Needs and Priorities of Adult Learners [VIDEO]
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." - Henry Ford In this issue, The...
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![The Toolbox: Harnessing the Power of Self-Explanation for Deeper Learning [VIDEO]](https://iwucapsfaculty.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Toolbox-Promo-Oct-2019-342x170.png)
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The Toolbox: Harnessing the Power of Self-Explanation for Deeper Learning [VIDEO]
"Frequently, faculty rely on methods that have long been part of the instructional process including lectures, assigned readings, video content, online discussions, and other web-based resources. The challenge is that faculty are generally unsure of...
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![The Toolbox: Give a Little Nudge to Prompt Positive Outcomes [VIDEO]](https://iwucapsfaculty.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Toolbox-Promo-August-2019-342x170.png)
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The Toolbox: Give a Little Nudge to Prompt Positive Outcomes [VIDEO]
nudge: "Any aspect of the choice architecture that alters people's behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives. To count as a mere nudge, the intervention must be...
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![The Toolbox: Providing Feedback--Maximize the Message and the Medium [VIDEO]](https://iwucapsfaculty.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Toolbox-May-2019-Promo-342x170.png)
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The Toolbox: Providing Feedback--Maximize the Message and the Medium [VIDEO]
"Providing students feedback on their assignments represents an integral part of being an instructor. Unfortunately, higher education often reduces this step to assigning grades as a pathway to calculating a final grade." - Brad Garner...
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![The Toolbox: Working Together--Using Group Work as a Pivotal Learning Experience [VIDEO]](https://iwucapsfaculty.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The-Toolbox-January-2019-342x170.png)
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The Toolbox: Working Together--Using Group Work as a Pivotal Learning Experience [VIDEO]
"Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability." - Patrick Lencioni "None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all...
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![The Toolbox: A Look at Heutagogy--New Opportunities for Self-Directed Learning [VIDEO]](https://iwucapsfaculty.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Heutagogy-342x170.png)
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The Toolbox: A Look at Heutagogy--New Opportunities for Self-Directed Learning [VIDEO]
For many years, the psychology of teaching and learning was encapsulated under the general rubric of pedagogy. The theory and practice of pedagogy, which by definition focuses on teaching children, was guided by giants such...
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![The Toolbox: Partnering with Students in Teaching and Learning [VIDEO]](https://iwucapsfaculty.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/The-Toolbox-September-2018-342x170.png)
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The Toolbox: Partnering with Students in Teaching and Learning [VIDEO]
Student–faculty partnerships draw on the distinct strengths that each group brings to a teaching and learning challenge. Instructors have deep disciplinary knowledge and often are experienced in their field. They know what students need to...
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![The Toolbox: Being There--The Role of Faculty Presence In Student Engagement [VIDEO]](https://iwucapsfaculty.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/The-Toolbox-Being-There-342x170.png)
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The Toolbox: Being There--The Role of Faculty Presence In Student Engagement [VIDEO]
Think for a moment about behavioral indicators of engagement in a conversation. Now consider how we might reassign these qualities to describe how students perceive faculty and their level of engagement while teaching their courses....
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![The Toolbox: Mindset Matters--Giving Your Students an Edge for Success [VIDEO]](https://iwucapsfaculty.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/The-Toolbox-March-2018-342x170.jpg)
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The Toolbox: Mindset Matters--Giving Your Students an Edge for Success [VIDEO]
What is all the fuss about mindset, grit, resilience, and other noncognitive skills in higher education? Some of the hype comes from a never-ending need to give students an edge for success." --Amy Baldwin In...
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