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Hub Blog: Digital Accessibility Dos and Don’ts for Faculty: Small Changes, Big Impact 

Creating accessible course materials is not only about compliance, it is about creating a learning e…

Faculty Authors

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An Inventory of Social Presence: How small course changes can have a big impact on community in the classroom

Authored by Maya Barak This summer I was fortunate to participate in the Hub’s 2026 Small Changes Co…

PBL

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Make it Your Own: Creative Projects as Agency in Language and Literature Classes

In a time of information overload, the flux of input might seem to either dull individuality or moti…

Department Liaisons

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Confessions of a Blissful Online Instructor (And Can We Help Students Feel the Same?)

~By Associate Professor of English Literature Shelly Jarenski This post is part of a series&nbs…

Accessibility

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Hub Blog: Digital Accessibility Dos and Don’ts for Faculty: Small Changes, Big Impact 

Creating accessible course materials is not only about compliance, it is about creating a learning e…

Tech Tips

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Navigating PDF Accessibility: A Guide for Faculty

The PDF Paradox: Why Our Campus Advises Caution As a faculty member, you might be wondering, “My cre…

Generative AI

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GenAI and Academic Integrity

This post is by faculty author Jill Darling In the recent Digital Education Days panel, “Academic In…

Course Improvement Studio

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An Inventory of Social Presence: How small course changes can have a big impact on community in the classroom

Authored by Maya Barak This summer I was fortunate to participate in the Hub’s 2026 Small Changes Co…

Open Education

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Can Pop Culture Make Databases Click?

 This blog post is a book review of an open text book by Yi Maggie Guo, Professor of Information Sys…

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