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Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of St. Thomas Week: Bryana H. French, associate professor of psychology, explores a framework for helping to heal racial trauma. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Most Popular Stories Most Popular title_words_as_hashtags

Prep your music classroom this fall with these awesome (and free!) music resources. These 15+ songs, with lyrics and sheet music, will give you some new tunes to introduce to your students! Plus, 12 different musical instrument crossword puzzles are the perfect way to teach students about different music tools. You won’t want to miss … Read more

How To Run Business Process Automation Courses The recent article, “5 Guiding Principles Of Using Online Platforms For Industry-Based Training In Emerging Technologies”, outlined some guiding principles for building and managing industry-based/industry-simulated online training programs. In this article, we are going to discuss the more “technical” side of online training delivery by focusing on one … Read more

by Terry Heick This post was originally written in 2013 and updated in 2023 Instructional design is the strategic creation of learning experiences through planning, sequencing, and data-based revision of learning. This process includes both the ways content is accessed and the learning needs and objectives (and how they are determined) themselves. This puts instructional … Read more

Six years ago, Harvard withdrew admissions offers from 10 high school seniors it had previously accepted. School officials had gotten wind of jokes circulating on the students’ private Facebook group — memes that made light of school shootings and found hilarity in the Holocaust, among other repellant takes — and reversed course. After the George Floyd murder … Read more

The Rutgers University Senate voted 89 to 47 Friday to pass a resolution saying it has “lost confidence” in Jonathan Holloway, the three-university system’s president. That tally came after senators, along with a few members of the public, spoke for and against the resolution for roughly an hour. Adrienne Simonds, the Senate chair, said the … Read more

Maybe you’re struggling with one class. Maybe it’s all of them. It might be your first year. It might be your 17th. Perhaps your students are first graders. Perhaps they’re freshmen. However you’ve found yourself in SOS mode with a class, we want to say first: We’ve been there. All of us. Even the teacher … Read more

eLearning For Publishing Companies Are you looking for ways to broaden your sales horizons? Do you need to equip your authors with the right skills to streamline the editing process or build their personal brand? eLearning provides ample opportunities to every field, and publishing is no exception. Let’s look at how you can use Learning … Read more

Student ownership is the degree to which a learner feels a natural sense of responsibility and curiosity about their work. In contrast with simple compliance, or vague engagement, ownership implies something broader and more cohesive–a tone of interaction between a student and their work that is meaningful and enduring–something bigger than the assignment itself. The … Read more

The good news is, there are many design and architectural innovations that can keep students, faculty and staff comfortable, while also creating healthier, greener and even more engaging places to learn. And there’s federal funding to pay for it. But, installing air conditioners without making other renovations, which is often the cheapest and most expedient … Read more