Gail,

I found it odd that the Chronicle article neglected to mention the uptick in dual-enrollment students: https://www.chronicle.com/article/enrollment-ticked-up-1-last-fall-with-most-of-the-growth-at-community-colleges

~Melissa🌺

Xia,

Which ACUE strategies have you found most effective for increasing student engagement?

~Melissa🌺

Marcy,

I’m digging the Wonder Woman image paired with your post. Both are reminders that strength can manifest in different ways.

~Melissa🌺

I agree, Jacob. Have you noticed any changes in student participation or confidence?

~Melissa🌺

Congratulations, Jessica. What time-management strategies do you find most effective?

~Melissa🌺

Wendy,

This is such a wonderful reminder about the importance of self-care. Thank you for sharing.

~Melissa🌺

Too fun, Lynn. I was recently a GOAT for having students work in groups but grading them individually. What other practices do you think students would classify as baller moves?

~Melissa🌺

CJ,

What areas of your course are you redesigning with AI?

~Melissa🌺

Harry,

What advice would you give someone who finds it challenging to let go of the “everyone must agree with me” mentality? Some people are willing, but they don’t know how.

~Melissa🌺

Such inspiration, Jorge. I appreciate you!

~Melissa🌺

I agree, Jonathon. That definitely falls under the compliment category!

~Melissa🌺

How rewarding, Elaine! How did you learn that students were, indeed, listening?

~Melissa🌺

Mary,

That story made me smile. After that experience, has the student’s perspective about working with toddlers changed?

~Melissa🌺

Very impressive, Lauren. How do you balance the two?

~Melissa🌺

Hua-Jun,

What a great reminder that seemingly small things can have a big impact. What are some more inclusive practices you’ve implemented recently?

~Melissa🌺

How lovely, Christine. What do you find are the most effective ways to build community? Nothing beats food in my F2F classes😂

~Melissa🌺

Nancy,

A lot of us can relate😊 What’s one course or strategy that’s really stuck with you?

~Melissa🌺

Jennifer,

Thanks for being so honest. What’s something you wish more educators understood about accessibility and course design?

~Melissa🌺

Heidi,

What a wonderful realization. How did you grow more confident advocating for yourself and others?

~Melissa🌺

Yancey,

Superpower unlocked! How did you build that confidence and develop those systems?

~Melissa🌺

Charles,

One stand-out for me this year was collaborating with a political science professor since I’m in the humanities too. What’s been your favorite collaboration so far?

~Melissa🌺

That’s a great lesson, Kristopher. What kind of growth are you currently working toward?

~Melissa🌺

Donna,

What’s your secret to staying cool under pressure?

~Melissa🌺

I’m glad you’re both doing well. Any tips for staying adaptable when the unexpected arises?

~Melissa🌺

Love that, Ranada. Did someone point it out to you, or did you notice it over time?

~Melissa🌺

I’m apparently more chill than I realized. My campus is about to be uprooted for at least three years to build an MLB stadium, and I’m surprisingly calm about it.

Timothy,

I think I understand your point about retrieval being the key factor in retention. However, I’m not sure I’d separate that from teaching itself. Intentional instructional design can create the conditions for retrieval practice and repeated application.

~Melissa🌺

So much fun! Can’t wait for Season 2.

@kirsten-verostickslcc-edu Love this! What musicals do you listen to?

Modeling our instructional approach after our professors seems to be a rite of passage 🙂 I had profs who were purely lecture-based, and I tried to replicate that because I had internalized lecturing as the “proper” way to teach.

My mix: Binaural beats (Brainwaves app) and either lo-fi hip hop (YouTube or the Calm app) or classical guitar.

How lovely! Thank you 💕

I entered the teaching profession with no education background, just content expertise. If I could go back to Day One, I would tell myself that it’s OK to be authentic and to figure things out along the way. I would say not to be like the professors I had, but instead to become the professor who is authentically me.

I dig this question because it’s a perfect prompt to engage AI as part of the learning experience (like when I had my honors leadership students have an AI conversation with an autocratic leader).

It’s hard to choose between Zora Neale Hurston, Harriet Tubman, Carl Sagan, and more. But based on my planned schedule, I would invite Karl Marx to…

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Congrats, Anesse 🎉 (though I thought there would be two weekly winners).

When students have a strong sense of belonging, they’ll continue to show up for you and for themselves. Last week, during the BHM event I planned, I invited several students to perform, covering Black history through a timeline of music. They were more than happy to oblige.…

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This makes me wonder how we get employers more on board with evaluating authentic assessments like portfolios and work samples rather than relying so heavily on grades or institutional pedigree. We do pretty well with this in the education field, at least in my experience. When I’m on a hiring committee, I look at whether a prospective…

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@Najia I love this. The Levantine dialect makes my heart melt.

~Melissa🌺

I’d grow a vegetable garden. I somehow manage to kill plastic plants, so I would need more than one sabbatical to master this skill 😂

One of my students had a lightbulb moment with thesis statements this week. After I introduced a guided formula for practice, they looked up and said, “It’s been this easy the whole time?” Huzzah for scaffolding 😂

I continue to witness increases in online enrollment. One of my face-to-face courses didn’t make, and the other has half the usual number of students. Meanwhile, all of my online classes, including late-start sections, were at capacity well before the spring semester began.

What AI-related podcasts, books, or other media (beyond the Quick Studies) are on your must list right now? Which, if any, have influenced your approach to AI?