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This book examines, through an interdisciplinary lens, the relationship between political dissent and processes of designing.
Presents the topic of assessing and quantifying the climate change and its impacts from a multi-faceted perspective of ecosystem, human health, and social and infrastructure resilience, given through a lens of statistical and data sciences.
Developing alternative student development frameworks and models, this book provides student affairs practitioners, as well as faculty, with illuminating perspectives and viable approaches for understanding the development of today's diverse student populations, and for building the foundation for their academic success and self-authorship.
Developing alternative student development frameworks and models, this book provides student affairs practitioners, as well as faculty, with illuminating perspectives and viable approaches for understanding the development of today's diverse student populations, and for building the foundation for their academic success and self-authorship.
With more than 12M tons of dairy powders produced each year globally the drying sector accounts to a large extent for the processing of milk and whey. This book is a synthetic and complete reference work for researchers in academia and industry exploring innovations in drying in the dairy industry.
This is a practical guide to understanding how team dynamics and success are hugely influenced by motivational factors, which are not usually taken into account. It is a valuable handbook for those who wish to excel at management, for without bringing their teams on board (i.e. motivating their teams), they are not effectively managing.
E-learning has entered the mainstream of higher education as an agent of strategic change. This transformation requires e-learning leaders to develop the skills to innovate successfully at a time of heightened competition and technological change. This book presents the collective expertise of veterans who have pioneered the field for 20 years.
E-learning has entered the mainstream of higher education as an agent of strategic change. This transformation requires e-learning leaders to develop the skills to innovate successfully at a time of heightened competition and technological change. This book presents the collective expertise of veterans who have pioneered the field for 20 years.
Among other commonly held beliefs about the drivers of postsecondary policy and financing, this book questions the current use of funding per student as the dominant indicator of the adequacy of state investment in higher education, and as a key driver of the costs of college.
Gives voice to diverse and inclusive perspectives, identities, and practices and enacts the principle that student conduct practice be based on tenets of social justice and restorative justice to disrupt and transform, through a lens of inclusive excellence, overly legalistic and escalated management applications in student conduct administration.
Gives voice to diverse and inclusive perspectives, identities, and practices and enacts the principle that student conduct practice be based on tenets of social justice and restorative justice to disrupt and transform, through a lens of inclusive excellence, overly legalistic and escalated management applications in student conduct administration.
"What does a new instructional designer need to know to find her or his feet when working with faculty to create online classes?"" This book offers key guiding principles, insights and advice on how to develop productive and collegial partnerships with faculty to deliver courses that engage students and promote enduring learning.
Offers a succinct but comprehensive introduction to the planning, design, and facilitation of social justice experiences, grounding readers in relevant theory, taking into account participants' prior understandings of issues of race and privilege, institutional environment and campus climate, and the facilitator's positionality.
Argues that the current structure of student affairs work is not sustainable, as it depends on the notion that employees are available to work without any outside responsibilities, that is, the Ideal Worker Norm. The field places inordinate burdens on staff to respond to the needs of students, often at the expense of their well-being.
Argues that the current structure of student affairs work is not sustainable, as it depends on the notion that employees are available to work without any outside responsibilities, that is, the Ideal Worker Norm. The field places inordinate burdens on staff to respond to the needs of students, often at the expense of their well-being.
Based on empirical research, organisational theory, and interviews, David Farris provides an examination of the dynamics of committee work, addresses the planning, conduct, roles, composition, and dispositions of members as well as the institutional context and structures in which they operate that are vital to organisational success.
This powerful, practical resource helps faculty create an inclusive dynamic in their classrooms, so that all students are set up to succeed. Grounded in research and theory, this book provides practical solutions to help faculty create an inclusive learning environment in which all students can thrive.
Program development is central to the work of student affairs professionals. This theory-to-practice, sequential guide to program development fills a gap in the literature. The authors describe the elements of program planning and delivery from the inception of the idea through the use of assessment to revise and improve the program for the future.
Provides readers with the tools they need to take a strong, values-based approach to leadership in the digital spaces vital to the world of higher education today. Filled with examples and tools to negotiate this ever changing landscape, the book fills an important niche in the literature: A user manual for your digital leadership journey
Given that students will be more successful in college (and in life) if they can integrate their learning, James Barber offers a guide on how to promote students' integration of learning, and help them connect knowledge and insights across contexts, whether in-class or out, in co-curricular activities, or across courses and disciplinary boundaries.
Offers guidance on course design and planning, developing outcomes and appropriate engaging activities, managing workload and assessment, and pays explicit attention throughout to the diverse needs of students and offers strategies to accommodate them in a comprehensive and inclusive way by using the principles of Universal Design for Learning.
Provides rich information on the contemporary issues and trends that are of concern to adult and continuing education, of the programs and resources available to adult learners, and of opportunities to challenge and critique the structures embedded in the field that perpetuate inequity and social injustice.
Preventing Sexual Harm provides an overview of current criminal justice strategies to tackling sexual violence, and highlights existing positive criminological approaches that could help prevent sexual abuse and harm.
Describes the potential of artificial intelligence algorithms, such as those that fuel learning analytics software that mines LMS data to enable faculty to quickly and efficiently assess individual students' progress in real time, prompting either individual attention or the need to more generally clarify concepts for the class as whole.
Describes the potential of artificial intelligence algorithms, such as those that fuel learning analytics software that mines LMS data to enable faculty to quickly and efficiently assess individual students' progress in real time, prompting either individual attention or the need to more generally clarify concepts for the class as whole.
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