A Recent DEI Survey Reveals Sharing and Collaboration Needs
The Institute for Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) recently conducted a survey to look see how Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) projects want to share and collaborate. Specifically, the survey asked participants to reflect on how their DEI communities...
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Seven Tips for Using OER in Your Classroom Seven Tips for Using OER in Your ClassroomOpen Education Resources (OER), like those in OER Commons, are part of a worldwide movement that is making educational content openly available to all. OER are lessons, course...
Career-Aligned Teaching and Learning
How can a relationship with industry impact what’s taught in the classroom? How can students emerge from community college prepared for the workforce? How can students jumpstart a career path when still in high school? In a recent visit to a Bridge to Biotech...
Acceleration – A Possible Solution to Attrition in Developmental Education Courses
Recently, there have been lively discussions among administrators and instructors on community college campuses about acceleration in developmental education courses. As a former post-secondary instructor, I am familiar with students who need to take developmental...
Collaboration as Key to Success for Low Income Students
This blog post is also available on Completion Matters. In financially tough times, is innovation in education possible? A May 10-12 meeting of the Communities Learning in Partnership (CLIP) initiative brought together representatives from 11 cities to discuss ways to...