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  • What Is the Best Leadership Advice I Ever Received?
    • What Is the Best Leadership Advice I Ever Received?

    • What Is the Best Leadership Advice I Ever Received?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • In this program, Ann Taylor, PhD, assistant dean for distance learning and director of the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute at Penn State University, shares her personal Top 10 pieces of advice that she's received while working in higher-education leadership for the past two decades, illustrating each with a story of its influence.
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  • How Can Universities Increase Employee Engagement in an Era of Increased Workforce Competition?
  • How Can Higher Education Leadership Strengthen Campus-wide Collaboration?
    • How Can Higher Education Leadership Strengthen Campus-wide Collaboration?

    • How Can Higher Education Leadership Strengthen Campus-wide Collaboration?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • This 20-Minute Mentor provides direction to use the five Cs: Communication, Collaboration, Coordination, Cooperation, and Compliance, to lead your institution toward enhancing campus-wide buy-in and improving collaborations with all stakeholders.
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  • How Should We Measure Teaching Effectiveness?
    • How Should We Measure Teaching Effectiveness?

    • How Should We Measure Teaching Effectiveness?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are the most common tools for measuring instructor effectiveness. However, there is a large and growing literature documenting some of the major problems with SETs. These findings have motivated a national conversation about measurement of instructor effectiveness and the meaningfulness of statistical data collected from student evaluations.
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  • How Can Pure Heart Leadership Build Authenticity and Create Engaged and Empowered Teams?
    • How Can Pure Heart Leadership Build Authenticity and Create Engaged and Empowered Teams?

    • How Can Pure Heart Leadership Build Authenticity and Create Engaged and Empowered Teams?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Pure Heart Leadership is a leadership approach, blending the psychology theories of Car Rogers, Albert Bandura, and Abraham Maslow, that encourages an authentic leadership while recognizing the individuality and strengths of leaders. This 20-Minute Mentor provides you with everything you need to know about this unique approach to leadership, led by the expert who developed this method.
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  • How Do I Build Trust with a Personal Users’ Guide?
    • How Do I Build Trust with a Personal Users’ Guide?

    • How Do I Build Trust with a Personal Users’ Guide?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • In this 20-Minute Mentor, you will learn how to develop your own personal users' guide, which is an explanation of how to successfully work with you. This guide allows you to create a direct method for effective communication and the ability to share key information about what helps you to be an effective professional.
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  • How Do I Infuse Equity into Any Online Class?
    • How Do I Infuse Equity into Any Online Class?

    • How Do I Infuse Equity into Any Online Class?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • What does equity look like in the online classroom? This session will explore what it means to teach equitably and identifies five equitable practices that you can incorporate into your online courses.
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  • What Do Students Expect from Online Courses?
    • What Do Students Expect from Online Courses?

    • What Do Students Expect from Online Courses?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Asking the right questions can be just as important as getting the right answers. This is particularly important when it comes to designing for the online student. Learn how you can create a better online course experience. This pointed and practical session will show you how to meet online students desires without sacrificing your standards.
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  • How Can I Enhance the Impact of Feedback in Online Classes?
    • How Can I Enhance the Impact of Feedback in Online Classes?

    • How Can I Enhance the Impact of Feedback in Online Classes?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Feedback is a key element in the learning process. Discover multiple feedback strategies that can grab students' attention, help them learn from their mistakes, and upgrade your online feedback, making it more specific, timely, and effective.
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  • How Do I Include Introverts in Class Discussions?
    • How Do I Include Introverts in Class Discussions?

    • How Do I Include Introverts in Class Discussions?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Introverted students can find themselves at a disadvantage in the contemporary college classroom. Learn effective teaching strategies to engage introverted students in class discussions and how to guide them beyond their comfort zones.
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  • What Are Five Tips for Writing Effective Learning Outcomes?
    • What Are Five Tips for Writing Effective Learning Outcomes?

    • What Are Five Tips for Writing Effective Learning Outcomes?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Developing a clear understanding of where you want your course to go and what your students will learn is essential for faculty. By articulating your pedagogical goals, you will clarify your practices and take both your teaching and your students to the next level.
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  • How Do I Set Students up for Success in Online Courses?
    • How Do I Set Students up for Success in Online Courses?

    • How Do I Set Students up for Success in Online Courses?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Beginnings matter, whether you're teaching students face-to-face or online. Find out how you can make the most of online course introductions. In this fast and focused session, you'll discover how you can transform course introductions from ho-hum exercises in housekeeping into time-saving, inspirational new beginnings.
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  • How Can I Use Discussion to Facilitate Learning?
    • How Can I Use Discussion to Facilitate Learning?

    • How Can I Use Discussion to Facilitate Learning?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Focused, energizing classroom discussions that involve everyone are what higher education instructors dream of. Too bad they don't just happen. But you can learn the careful planning and structuring it takes to make them happen. We show you how to structure and plan classroom discussions to maximize student engagement, student participation, and learning.
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  • What are the Communication ‘Musts’ in an Online Class?
    • What are the Communication ‘Musts’ in an Online Class?

    • What are the Communication ‘Musts’ in an Online Class?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Establishing effective communication in online classes can be challenging. We show you how to use technology to create an effective online learning environment. You will learn five essential steps to enhance your online communication.
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  • How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing?
    • How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing?

    • How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Trying to teach students to improve their writing can be like trying to teach cats to fetch: Demonstrate all you want, encourage all you want, implore all you want—you're apt to be met with nothing but blinks. We share seven novel feedback techniques that will motivate your students and drive real improvement in their writing.
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  • How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department?
    • How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department?

    • How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • This presentation focuses on how building relationships and clarifying leadership roles can limit the development of disagreements and set the stage for successful resolution when conflicts do arise. Learn how to take a proactive approach to behavior that is less than collegial.
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  • How Can I Use LMS Intelligent Agents to Increase Interaction in My Online Classes?
    • How Can I Use LMS Intelligent Agents to Increase Interaction in My Online Classes?

    • How Can I Use LMS Intelligent Agents to Increase Interaction in My Online Classes?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Intelligent agents are automated notifications within learning management systems that can be scheduled to run automatically or manually to track activity within a course. Intelligent agents can be used in a multitude of roles, whether it be as a digital teaching assistant, a digital tutor, or a digital secretary.
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  • How Can I Use LMS Conditional Releases to Efficiently and Intentionally Engage My Students?
  • How Can Screencasted Feedback Enhance Student Comprehension?
    • How Can Screencasted Feedback Enhance Student Comprehension?

    • How Can Screencasted Feedback Enhance Student Comprehension?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • It's proven that feedback is one of the most important influences on improving performance and student learning. Screencasting provides faculty a simple, efficient, and effective way to provide personal feedback, which allows the student to better understand the nuances of the comments and the points the instructor is communicating.
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  • How Can I Cost-Effectively Use Virtual Reality to Enhance Instruction?
    • How Can I Cost-Effectively Use Virtual Reality to Enhance Instruction?

    • How Can I Cost-Effectively Use Virtual Reality to Enhance Instruction?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Virtual reality is an effective enhancement to classroom instruction that brings experiences to students beyond the lecture or textbook. Many teachers assume the equipment to view virtual reality content is expensive, however, there are dozens of free educational apps, containing hundreds of virtual reality videos that can be viewed through an ordinary cell phone and low-priced Google Cardboard viewers.
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  • What Teaching Strategies Help Engage All Learners Online?
    • What Teaching Strategies Help Engage All Learners Online?

    • What Teaching Strategies Help Engage All Learners Online?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • Perception is critical to online learning. Not only that, online learning is difficult to navigate if students don't understand online learning basics. This difficulty is compounded when acculturative stress is present. Ensuring inclusivity and a sense of community is often much more difficult to do in the online setting, as face-to-face interaction is limited.
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  • How Can You Help Online Students Be More Successful in Your Course?
    • How Can You Help Online Students Be More Successful in Your Course?

    • How Can You Help Online Students Be More Successful in Your Course?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • One common misperception students have regarding online courses is that these courses are easier, less time consuming, and less rigorous than traditional face-to-face courses. This can lead to a major disconnect between expectations and outcome.
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  • How Can Online Instructors Better Manage Their Workload?
    • How Can Online Instructors Better Manage Their Workload?

    • How Can Online Instructors Better Manage Their Workload?

    • $39.00 – $499.00
    • About 60-70% of faculty believe that teaching online courses is more work intensive than teaching face-to-face courses. Factors include course preparation before teaching, managing sometimes unwieldy online discussions, and even fielding student questions around the clock.
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  • How Can I Add Choice to My Course to Give Students Autonomy and Motivate Deep Learning?