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21st Century Skills for Workplace Success

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The 21st Century Skills for Workplace Success industry-based credential is included in NOCTI's Foundational assessment battery. This foundational assessment measures the skills that represent critical knowledge needed for success in the workplace. Foundational assessments include a written component …more

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ACUE Badge: Course in Effective Teaching Practices

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Individuals who earn this badge must complete at least 25 modules across the four units of study in ACUE's Course in Effective Teaching Practices. ACUE's Course in Effective Teaching Practices prepares college educators to implement all of the essential practices shown to improve student outcomes. …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Aligning Activities and Assignments With Course Outcomes

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Faculty learn how to identify and sequence learning activities, offering students the practice needed to meet to course outcomes. In addition, faculty learn how to design transparent assignments shown to help all students meet assignment expectations, especially those who often struggle to meet expe …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Aligning Assessments With Course Outcomes

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Faculty learn how to design assessments that will most effectively and efficiently allow students to demonstrate mastery of course outcomes. In addition, the module includes techniques for supporting students to meet assessment expectations. This module is one of five modules under ACUE’s unit on D …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Checking for Student Understanding

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Faculty learn how to check for student understanding using quality questioning techniques and whole-class formative assessment strategies including the One-Minute Paper, Muddiest Point, and In Your Own Words. This module is one of five modules under ACUE’s unit on Assessing to Inform Instruction an …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Connecting With Your Students

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Faculty learn techniques for creating a classroom environment that supports learning, techniques for making learning relevant, and the importance of communicating a belief in students’ abilities to meet course expectations. This module is one of seven modules under ACUE’s unit on Establishing a Pro …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Delivering an Effective Lecture

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Faculty learn how to determine if the lecture approach is aligned to their learning objectives. In addition, the module includes techniques for developing well-organized and effectively paced lectures, keeping students engaged, and seeking student feedback. This module is one of six modules under A …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Developing Fair, Consistent, and Transparent Grading Practices

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Faculty learn the basics of several grading systems in order to identify the system that best aligns with their own teaching and learning philosophy. In addition, the module includes information on setting grading policies for late assignments and extra credit and effectively communicating grading p …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Developing Self-Directed Learners

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Faculty learn how to assist students in understanding and taking ownership of their own learning process. Techniques are included for helping students plan their approach to assignments, providing students with opportunities to self-assess, and building student understanding about their learning str …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Developing and Using Rubrics and Checklists

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Faculty learn how to select a grading tool that aligns to task requirements and offers the type of feedback helpful to students. In addition, the module includes techniques for helping students understand how to use different grading tools to their benefit and helping instructors understand how to u …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom

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Faculty examine how their own experiences have shaped their perspectives and the importance of valuing different viewpoints. In addition, the module addresses the power of explicit and implicit messages (microaggression, stereotype threats) and offers techniques to create an inclusive classroom envi …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Engaging Underprepared Students

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Faculty learn how to assess students’ prior knowledge to inform their instruction, and support and encourage the use of campus resources for academic support. In addition, the module includes techniques for effectively communicating expectations and using grading practices that fully support student …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Establishing Powerful Learning Outcomes

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Faculty learn how to write course learning outcomes that effectively define what students will know and be able to do at the end of a course. The module introduces a number of steps to ensure outcomes are student centered, actionable, specific, sequenced from foundational to more complex, and aligne …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Facilitating Engaging Class Discussions

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Faculty learn activities they can use to launch productive discussions, including Hatful of Quotes, Sentence Completions, Whip-Around Pass, and Fishbowl techniques. The module also helps instructors balance student participation using wait time, prompts to manage dominant talkers, and techniques to …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Helping Your Students Persist in Their Studies

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Faculty learn about the importance of, and techniques to build, intrinsic motivation, which include offering choice, providing targeted feedback and revision opportunities, and connecting course learning to career and life goals. It also introduces the concept and motivational impact of a growth min …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Integrating Civic Learning Into Your Course

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Faculty will learn how to design civic learning assignments that support students in better understanding how civic values can be and are supported through research in varied disciplines. This module is one of six modules under ACUE’s unit on Using Active Learning Techniques.

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ACUE Module Badge: Leading the First Day of Class

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Faculty learn how to plan ahead to ensure a successful first day, build a community of learners, and implement active learning strategies that help students understand course expectations. This module is one of seven modules under ACUE’s unit on Establishing a Productive Learning Environment.

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ACUE Module Badge: Motivating Your Students

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Faculty learn how to motivate by developing student appreciation for their discipline. In addition, the module includes techniques for supporting student success through goal setting, incentivizing assignment completion, using a variety of assessment and instructional strategies, and discussing thei …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Planning Effective Class Discussions

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Faculty learn how to write well-sequenced, thought-provoking questions to increase student engagement in class discussions. The module helps instructors effectively set expectations for participation, explain the role of discussion to positively impact learning, and develop an effective grading poli …more

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ACUE Module Badge: Planning an Effective Class Session

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Faculty learn how to effectively leverage each portion of a class session to positively impact student learning. The module includes techniques designed to begin class—the most critical learning time—with a powerful opening. It includes how to end class with techniques designed to close strong by en …more