In a new video podcast, CCRC’s Susan Bickerstaff and Amy E. Brown discuss the growing need for improvements to online learning post pandemic, a set of instructional strategies designed to bolster students' self-directed learning skills in online courses, and unanswered questions about how colleges can improve online learning.
In this webinar, CCRC researchers Amy Brown and Carl Lewandowski share research findings and tools used by four community colleges involved in a year-long community of practice to identify barriers students face in corequisite classes and develop practices to address them.
Three students enrolled in courses that piloted the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative's Instructional Model share their experiences using evidence-backed strategies to foster and reinforce learning skills.
- By Bret Eynon
More community colleges are incorporating themes of sustainability into their general education courses. Learn how an environmental biology course at Mesa Community College in Arizona is incorporating themes of climate action to encourage students to engage with complex, real-world issues in this blog post.
- By Bret Eynon
Community college faculty are finding creative ways to infuse climate literacy into students' required courses. In this blog post, Achieving the Dream's Bret Eynon explores how instructors are addressing climate topics in their classrooms.
CCRC's forthcoming book features a chapter on the critical role of teaching and learning in community college efforts to strengthen pathways to post-completion success. This blog post, the third in a series, offers takeaways from the chapter on how community colleges can ensure students gain the practical skills needed for success in employment and future education.
In five sessions at DREAM, CCRC researchers and partners explained how they are working with colleges, state systems, and other organizations on the next generation of student success research.
In this Q&A, Al Solano, founder of the Continuous Learning Institute, shares his expertise in fostering collaboration among educators through the Inquiry and Action Model.
Jamie Whittington-Studer and Crystal Salas of Moorpark College explore key takeaways from their college's implementation of a tutoring program that makes reaching out for support as simple as sending a text.
Although the rise in online coursetaking has benefits in terms of convenience and flexibility for students, it is not without challenges. Two new reports offer insights into approaches that can help colleges support students in online courses, particularly STEM courses.