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Reflecting on Endings Makes for Stronger Beginnings

Regan A. R. Gurung

When we post final grades, many students seem to be surprised and hold out hope for that one last chance to improve. What if we started our courses by giving them a better idea of the effort it takes to succeed so that they could end better? Read More

Together We Move: Creating Classroom Community through Movement-Based Experiences

Jessica Manzone

In the K–12 sector, teachers have used movement-based activities for decades as means of increasing student learning through kinesthetic engagement. Here, the author recounts how she used such activities to build classroom community at the university level. Read More

Embracing Digital Tools to Power Your Course Design

Gabrielle Stecher

Let digital tools do the visual and organizational heavy lifting so that you can spend less time trying to create a system for getting organized and more time creatively reimagining your course. Read More

EDITOR'S PICK

Tips for Creating a More Inclusive Syllabus

Ginger R. Fisher and Susan M. Keenan

When faculty think about equity and inclusive environments, most focus on the classroom and personal interactions with students. But the syllabus can also support equity and inclusion while providing all the course details that students need to know. Read More

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