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Exploring College Student Persistence

November 4, 2020 By On Course

Exploring College Student Persistence

Reflecting on the report from the National Student Clearinghouse regarding first-to-second year college persistence rates, Michael Neitzel, senior contributor to Forbes magazine, notes that while there has been a slight increase in student persistence, this modest increase suggests many institutions’ retention efforts did not yield the desired results. Instead, nationwide, gaps in persistence remain. Neitzel […]

Filed Under: Newsletters, Student Persistence, Student Retention Tagged With: Gateway Courses, Sense of Community

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September 12, 2020 By On Course

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Got Zoom Fatigue?

August 12, 2020 By On Course

Zoom Fatigue

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Reducing Zoom Fatigue (Audio/Video)

July 5, 2020 By On Course

Reducing Zoom Fatigue (Audio/Video)

Student and Educator Zoom Fatigue  Tired of logging into Zoom for endless college meetings? Anxious about getting back onto the Zoom platform in the upcoming semester? Exhausted from sitting in your home office chair staring at the screen? Got Zoom Fatigue?  Like our students, many of us have already experienced Zoom Fatigue from both distance […]

Filed Under: Active Online Learning, Distance Learning, Newsletters, Zoom Fatigue Tagged With: Break-out Rooms, Jonathan Brennan, Raise Hand Feature, Synchronous Learning

The Power of Retrieval Practice

February 20, 2020 By On Course

The Power of Retrieval Practice

As a mathematics teacher, I have often had students tell me, “Professor, it always seems so easy when you are explaining it, but when I get to the quiz/test, I just can’t do it.” As I learn more about the cognitive science behind learning and retention, I have come to understand the pain, but also […]

Filed Under: Learning and Memory, Newsletters, Study Skills Tagged With: Cognitive Neuroscience, Deb Poese, Retrieval Practice, Testing Effect

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I arrived as a skeptic, but by the end of the first day I was converted. These strategies are practical and timely. I am looking forward to implementing them in my courses.
Rodney R. Brooks
Faculty, Accounting
Glendale Community College, AZ
Our college needs to offer this workshop for all faculty, full and part-time.
John McGill
Associate Dean, Biology
York Technical College, SC
This workshop should be required for all faculty, staff, and administrators.
Lamar McWaine
Student Life Coordinator
San Jacinto College, TX
This workshop has taken a hardened, crusty educator and softened her once again to be committed and energized to become the best person and teacher she can be.
Chris Landrum
Counselor
Mineral Area College, MO
I have attended a lot of workshops and conferences–On Course is by far the best!
Debbie Alford,
Director, Title III and Success Center
Southwestern Illinois College, IL
You have created a workshop that, in my 25 years of professional development, is by far the best experience I’ve ever had.
Jennifer Meehl
Academic Advisor
Landmark College, VT
My first day back I plunged into using On Course materials and methods with my students, and they LOVED it!! And I LOVED it! Thank you so much on behalf of myself and all of my present and future students!
Stephanie Schwartz
Faculty, Humanities
El Camino College, CA
I’m a better instructor because of On Course.
Mary Lou Ng
Faculty, Mathematics
N. Alberta Institute of Tech., Alberta, CN
This workshop transformed my professional and personal life.
Susan Pitcher
Director, TRIO
Bay College, MI
Ways I think the workshop could be improved? You can’t improve on perfect!
Dan VillaireFaculty, EnglishSaginaw Valley State UniversityMI

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