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Bæredygtighed er blevet en megatrend. Det har skabt en hel industri, der garanterer forretningsmæssig succes, hvis blot bæredygtighed, ESG og verdensmål bliver koblet til forretningsstrategien. Et sådant løfte om succes er en voldsom forenkling af de komplekse udviklingstendenser, vi står overfor som verdenssamfund. For at mitigere risici forbundet med udviklingen, skal de gøre bæredygtige løsninger til en drivkraft for udvikling af den enkelte virksomhed, og herigennem bidrage til en bæredygtig samfundsudvikling og en bæredygtig økonomi. Her har virksomheder en unik mulighed og afgørende rolle. Ingen anden økonomisk kraft kan skalere, som virksomhederne kan, og ingen andre kan bringe den påkrævede innovations- forandrings- og eksekveringskraft i spil. Det udvider ledelsesopgaven. Bestyrelsen og direktionen skal definere, hvilke risici og handlemuligheder de vil prioritere i deres virksomhed og industri og investerer i den omstilling, innovation og skalering, der er påkrævet. I Strategisk Bæredygtighed deler tre af Danmarks mest erfarne erhvervsfolk inden for bæredygtighed deres indsigt i, hvordan man kan vurdere relevansen af bæredygtighed for en virksomhed, hvordan man kan skabe værdi for virksomheden med bæredygtighed, og hvilke nye opgaver, nye krav og nye kompetencebehov det skaber for de øverste beslutningstagere. Med baggrund i forfatternes fælles erfaringer i A.P. Møller-Mærsk er bogen rigt illustreret med cases fra Danmarks største og mest globale virksomhed.

London, 1880. A dying Irish girl clutching her new-born baby drags herself to the sanctuary of an East End orphanage. The nuns raise Ettie O'Reilly as their own and provide her with the love and education she might never have had. But the lives of the nuns and orphans are soon crushed by a powerful and greedy bishop. Separated from friends and family, Ettie doesn't know who to trust. And when the boy who promised his undying love and loyalty betrays her, Ettie's world starts to crumble. Does she have the courage and wisdom to face the demons she long ago learned about from the Sisters of Clemency? Will the resolution of an undiscovered and painful secret be her making - or breaking?

Find every article published in The Teaching Professor newsletter in 2017 in this convenient volume. For more than 30 years, The Teaching Professor has provided keen insights and evi-dence-based practices about teaching and learning. This collection organizes all the articles from 2017 into easy-to-reference topics including: Teaching Course Planning Evaluation Grading, Assessment, and Feedback Inclusive Teaching Group Work Instructional Feedback and Evaluation Engaging Students Teaching Strategies Professional Growth Learning: Understanding Students Active Learning Classroom Experience Study Strategies Assignments Group Work Feedback Facilitating Learning Complete with references and resource suggestions, 2017 Teaching Professor Annual Collection serves as a useful resource for any passionate teacher interested in staying informed of pedagogically sound techniques, effective ideas, strategies that work, and pragmatic approaches to use to enhance student learning and improve instructional effectiveness in any teaching modality. Bulk Purchases To purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit www.MagnaGroupBooks.com

As an academic leader, you can't overlook the importance of effective faculty development. New teachers need training that introduces sound pedagogical principles, while experienced faculty need continued professional development that keeps their teaching fresh and energized. From developing meaningful evaluations to implementing constructive mentoring programs, there are countless measures you can take to improve faculty development at your institution, but there are also a lot of areas where these things can go wrong. If you're looking for concrete ideas that will help boost faculty development on your campus, look no further than Faculty Development: A Resource Collection for Academic Leaders! This guide, which collects more than 30 of the finest articles from the established Academic Leader newsletter, Distance Education Report, Magna 20-Minute Mentors, and Magna Online Seminars, brings you specific, practical, and actionable ideas for effective faculty development at your institution. Faculty Development: A Resource Collection for Academic Leaders is presented in four sections covering all aspects of faculty development, from establishing a faculty development program to ensuring experienced faculty's continued growth. The four sections include: - Getting Started - Assessment and Evaluation - Mentoring - Development Across Faculty Careers

There's plenty to be excited about when teaching in the college classroom for the first time. But with that, also comes a significant amount of uncertainty, vulnerability, and pressure.New teachers want to perform well, but they come into the classroom as experts in their field-not necessarily experts in good pedagogy.Ready to set new teachers up for classroom success and a fruitful career? The College Teacher's Handbook: A Resource Collection for New Faculty is here to do just that!This collection, which compiles more than 50 of the finest articles from The Teaching Professor newsletter, Online Classroom newsletter, and Magna 20-Minute Mentors, serves as a convenient professional development resource for new faculty, and a training tool for academic leaders and faculty developers across all levels of higher education.The College Teacher's Handbook: A Resource Collection for New Faculty is presented in five sections, which provide some key teaching and learning principles that all new educators need to be aware of as they start a new semester or year of teaching. The five sections include: -Teaching Strategies-Student Learning-Testing and Evaluation-Technology and Multimedia-Special Considerations

You're teaching Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate classes to high school students. Beyond covering the material that will be on the exam, you also need to set a tone and expectation for college-level participation from your young students.How can you successfully integrate collegiate practices into your high school classroom?Essential Teaching Principles: A Resource Collection for Teachers was created to guide you down that path. It provides a wealth of both research-driven and classroom-tested best practices to help teachers master the knowledge and skills required to run a successful classroom.A collection of articles drawn from resources including The Teaching Professor newsletter and the popular blogs Faculty Focus and The Teaching Professor, this helpful guide was compiled and edited by Maryellen Weimer, PhD, the newsletter's longtime editor, blog author, and an award-winning professor emerita of teaching and learning at Penn State Berks.Featuring contributions from an exceptional assembly of experienced educators, Essential Teaching Principles: A Resource Collection for Teachers is organized into seven chapters, each focused on a core aspect of teaching: Mastering instruction essentialsDesigning coursesAdvancing student learningCreating an optimal learning climateConstructing meaningful assessmentsGiving students feedbackTeaching onlineThroughout the guide, you will find careful examinations of a wide range of issues critical to classroom success. These include: Building a syllabusUsing active learning to keep students engaged"Right-size" course contentDeveloping meaningful assignmentsManaging a classroomDeveloping your "teaching persona"Creating a good climate for learningDeveloping effective exams and quizzesProtecting academic integrityMaking grading both meaningful and manageableFor those whose work also takes them into the online classroom, there is an entire chapter devoted to the fundamentals of teaching in that space.Compact and reader-friendly, Essential Teaching Principles: A Resource Collection for Teachers is conveniently organized to serve as a ready reference whenever a new teaching challenge arises-whether it's refreshing older course design, overcoming a student's objection to a grade, or fine-tuning assessments. And because each article includes references and resource lists, it's easy to pursue a given subject in even greater depth.Essential Teaching Principles: A Resource Collection for Teachers lets you enter the classroom as confident in your teaching ability as you are in your subject matter knowledge. It's an important step forward in your professional development.Bulk PurchasesTo purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit www.MagnaGroupBooks.com

Active Learning: A Practical Guide for College Faculty Interest in active learning on college campuses has grown dramatically in recent years. While no one sees traditional classroom practices ending, active learning has become a sought-after mode of instruction that is reshaping the way students learn and teachers teach. As with any promising but disruptive change to established norms, making active learning work efficiently can be problematic. Instructors have to know how to restructure their lectures to allow for more frequent interaction. Students need to be shown how to respond and participate in this new learning dynamic. Fortunately, it's easier than ever to learn from instructors at schools across the country who have integrated active learning into their classes. Their experiences and best practices for achieving success in active learning have been collected in a definitive, comprehensive resource: Active Learning: A Practical Guide for College Faculty. Whether you are new to active learning or have some familiarity and want to sharpen your proficiency, you'll find knowledgeable, reliable answers in these pages. This collection covers fundamental topics pertinent to active learning, discusses common problems, and provides solutions and options. Active Learning: A Practical Guide for College Faculty gives you incisive insights, including how to: Facilitate learning with discussions Manage heated, sensitive, or difficult classroom conversations Incorporate active learning into the online classroom Encourage experiential learning Handle informal writing assignments Use a quiz to jumpstart active learning in large classes Assign students to the right groups Choose and use group activities to foster learning Integrate learning assessment techniques into your classes Facilitate and assess small group activities Culled from the experiences of fellow educators, this book provides unique clarity. Developed by faculty for faculty, it can help you Integrate active learning for the first time in your classroom Hone your current active learning practices Reach student-centered teaching goals with greater class involvement Introduce, manage, and fulfill group work objectives This collection of authoritative articles is written in clear, accessible language for efficient comprehension. It includes an introduction by Maryellen Weimer, PhD, editor of The Teaching Professor newsletter and an award-winning professor emerita of teaching and learning at Penn State Berks. The insights, strategies, and techniques explored in Active Learning: A Practical Guide for College Faculty can help you excel with an active learning component in your classroom. It is an essential resource for every educator interested in how active learning can boost the accomplishments of their students. Magna Publications products are designed to help education professionals gain insights and build skills that improve the student learning experience. We strive to bring readers timely, indispensable content that can be put to immediate use. When you are ready to try a new pedagogical approach such as active learning, you can find what you need with Magna Publications. Bulk PurchasesTo purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit www.MagnaGroupBooks.com.

The Academic Leader's Handbook: A Resource Collection for College Administrators Being in a campus leadership position requires constant growth and continued professional development. After all, as a leader, you have the power to shape the way your institution is viewed by faculty, students, parents, the press, and the country at large. More than ever, academic leaders are faced with greater responsibilities and challenges. Managing a campus, encouraging faculty development, promoting diversity-it's a lot to take on and involves a great deal of accountability, but being an academic leader can also be exciting and fulfilling. If you're looking for insight that will enhance your leaderships skills, The Academic Leader's Handbook: A Resource Collection for College Administrators is the ultimate guide for you. This comprehensive resource, presented in a user-friendly style, compiles the best articles from top experts and provides a variety of academic leadership perspectives and concrete ideas. You'll receive expert advice on the topics that matter most to you as a higher education leader. The collection explores groundbreaking strategies and tools, influential trends, future challenges, and best practices relating to excellence in academic leadership. The Academic Leader's Handbook is presented in five sections that speak to all levels of higher education leadership. Sections include: Academic Management Assessment, Evaluation, and Development: Programs and Departments Assessment, Evaluation, and Development: Faculty Best Practices for Deans and Department Chairs Issues and Trends in Higher Education Improved leadership practices will ultimately benefit the institution as a whole. Elevate the level of leadership at your college and continue to promote the highest student success. Purchase your copy of The Academic Leader's Handbook: A Resource Collection for College Administrators today!

If your institution's cohort of adjuncts is like most, it's been put together on an ad hoc basis based on instructional needs. As a result, you might be lacking the proper framework to support and manage those adjuncts. That can be a problem. In addition to creating an atmosphere of inefficiency and uncertainty, the absence of sound oversight can lead to issues ranging from declining retention to poor student outcomes. Fortunately, recent years have seen the establishment of best practices in adjunct management, and you'll find a wealth of them in Managing Adjunct Faculty: A Resource Collection for Administrators. This compendium of articles drawn from the newsletters Academic Leader, Recruitment and Retention, and Distance Education Report features some of higher education's leading voices offering guidance and perspective on adjunct management. The book includes sections dedicated to adjuncts working in both traditional and online classrooms. It covers issues including: Retaining and supporting adjuncts Monitoring performance and resource needs Developing policies for adjunct support Identifying professional development opportunities that engage adjunct faculty Getting online adjuncts on board quickly and effectively Supporting adjuncts in small online programs Understanding the impact of adjuncts on admissions Equipping adjuncts with tools for online success Managing Adjunct Faculty: A Resource Collection for Administrators also contains supplemental resources, including an adjunct training and development topic list, reflection questions, online teaching competencies checklists, and evaluation forms for identifying teaching competencies. Give your adjuncts the management and support they need to succeed. Bulk Purchases To purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit www.MagnaGroupBooks.com

Whether you're preparing to teach your first online course or seeking to upgrade your current offerings, this book is the go-to guide you've been looking for. Online faculty frequently work at some location other than their "home" campus, which can make it difficult for them to access the targeted collegial support and professional development it takes to truly flourish as educators. Teaching Strategies for the Online College Classroom helps bridge this gap. A collection of articles by leading distance education experts, this book is designed by and for busy college and university faculty. It combines real-world-tested tips and methodologies with a pedagogically sound perspective to help you take your online educational practices to the next level. Good teaching is good teaching, but the key indicators and most effective techniques change when you shift to an online environment. This action-oriented book will give you insights you can implement immediately to improve online course design and promote student engagement. You'll learn how to connect with students, enhance student learning, and address common problems in distance education. Academic audiences have already responded enthusiastically to this book's content since it was first released in the Online Classroom newsletter or introduced through Magna Online Seminars or Magna 20-Minute Mentors. Now compiled into one convenient source, the book is divided into four modules so you can zero in on what you need to know to: Create a great start for the semester Build rapport with students Deal with difficult behavior in online courses Implement strategies to increase student engagement Teaching Strategies for the Online College Classroom will help you transform your subject matter expertise into the sort of teaching students remember long after their final grades are posted. This book will help you learn how to: Prepare students to start learning before the first day of class Turn your class into a genuine online learning community Establish an effective framework for learning in your course Adapt traditional classroom management techniques for the online environment Handle challenging online students Use assessments effectively Discover new ways to engage and motivate your students No matter where you are in your online teaching career, this book will help you explore new ways to structure course content and activities while strengthening and enriching your interactions with students. Don't wait to start becoming the sort of faculty member you've always wanted to be. Order Teaching Strategies for the Online College Classroom today! Bulk PurchasesTo purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit: www.MagnaGroupBooks.com

Flipped instruction definitely has turned higher education on its head. The lectures that used to be the foundation of teaching have been pushed out of the classroom. In their place are activities designed to put the information from those lectures to work.What is driving this transformative shift is its promise. When done well, flipped instruction helps students process material in new ways. They do more than memorize and recall--they begin to understand, evaluate, and even create new knowledge. In other words, flipped instruction is catching on because it works.The challenge, of course, is getting it to work. Students have to be motivated to prepare for class and engaged when they arrive. Faculty members and instructors who no longer spend class time delivering information have to develop methods to facilitate learning. It is a vastly different learning environment for students and instructors alike.Fortunately, you do not have to figure it all out on your own. Some instructors have been employing and refining flipped instruction for some time now. They have determined what works--and what doesn't. Their best ideas are collected in a single resource: Flipping the College Classroom: Practical Advice from Faculty.This collection is a comprehensive guide to flipping no matter how much--or how little--experience you have with it. If you are just getting started, you will learn where and how to begin. If you have been at it for a while, you will find new ideas to try and solutions to common challenges. Flipping the College Classroom: Practical Advice from Faculty is an invaluable resource that covers all necessary territory, including how to: Plan flipped lessonsEngage students in flipped instruction and active learningMotivate unprepared studentsHold students accountable for pre-class workIncorporate moments of reflection into an active-learning classroomUse small-group work in flipped classroomsIntegrate moments of reflectionFlip courses regardless of the size of the classroomAccommodate introverted students who might be uncomfortable with the flipped modelAssess in a flipped environmentUse feedback to advance learningFlip online coursesBest use technology in flipped instructionThis guide also bridges the active-learning gaps and covers topics frequently left out of flipping conversations. Some examples of these are: Dealing with student resistanceAccommodating students with disabilitiesFlipping instruction in diverse classroomsHandling the peer review process when flipping is not well established at your institutionWhat's more, each chapter in this collection concludes with questions for reflection and discussion along with activities for applying what you have learned. Additional supplemental materials include lesson plan templates, grading rubrics, and sample assignments.Flipping the College Classroom: Practical Advice from Faculty is designed to be the definitive resource on flipped instruction. No matter how experienced or comfortable you are with flipping, this resource will help you accomplish more in your active-learning classroom.Bulk PurchasesTo purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit www.MagnaGroupBooks.com

This book provides insights into managing the supremely complicated task of assigning a simple letter to a semester's work. This book is intended for faculty seeking to understand how to use assessment to enhance as well as measure performance, and it delivers some of the most innovative ideas for meeting that challenge. It presents new: Thinking about what grades should measure Ideas for developing robust assessment tools Strategies for encouraging students to pursue knowledge instead of grades Ways to ensure that assessments gauge performance and inspire effort This book contains a collection of more than 30 articles written by a score of highly accomplished college classroom veterans. The articles, first published in The Teaching Professor newsletter, address four critical aspects of the assessment process: grading exams, assessing papers, gauging participation, and engaging students in meaningful conversations about grades. Grading ExamsThe authors present creative solutions for the challenges of grading exams. Articles cover: Alternatives to final exams, including concept-mapping projects Research showing why cumulative exams may be a better teaching tool than unit exams How-tos for designing, administering, and managing security concerns of online exams Policies that reduce test anxiety and mitigate morale problems Grading PapersThis material is equally innovative when it comes to the challenges of assigning and assessing papers. Articles present high-impact ideas, including: A unique carrot-and-stick method to encourage students to create drafts of papers Ten practical tips for managing the paper-grading burden A manageable process-driven approach to grading that can be a lifesaver, particularly for new faculty A critical reexamination of the value of rubrics in grading papers Best and worst practices in grading papers Classroom ParticipationChapter three focuses on a perennial ambiguous grading area, classroom participation, providing insight into how student perceptions of participation can differ from those of faculty and how to reconcile the two. The authors share strategies for: Creating a participation rubric Helping students appreciate the difference between attendance and participation Assessing and grading online participation Reconciling rubrics with student self-assessments Talking with Students about GradesThe final section addresses the difficult subject of managing expectations and conversations about students' grades. This process begins on the first day of class and continues past the final exam. Topics include how to: Answer the question "What will we be graded on?" Handle the "I deserve a better grade on this" conversation Involve students in determining assignment weights to impact performance Deal with students' growing sense of entitlement The learning "story" that takes place over a semester is rich, complex, and unique to each student. The details of how an individual progresses (or doesn't) over the term, what skills are developed, and what knowledge is retained could fill a book. Yet, professors are asked to tell the story not in a book, on a page, over a paragraph, or in a sentence, but in a single letter. Small wonder grading is such a persistent challenge for both new and veteran faculty. Bulk PurchasesTo purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit www.MagnaGroupBooks.com

Teaching Strategies for the College Classroom: A Collection of Faculty Articles is a practical, classroom-tested "tool kit" for faculty members who would like to develop their teaching practice. The 35 articles are drawn from the pages of The Teaching Professor newsletter and are written by college faculty for college faculty. They contain concrete pedagogical strategies that have been tested in the authors' classrooms and together form a handbook of classroom strategies. There are articles on: -Honoring (and challenging) students' beliefs -Improving student focus -Introducing a syllabus -Balancing control of the classroom with freedom of inquiry and expression -Establishing the relevance of course material -Creating an environment in which students can feel safe -Conducting the final day of class Edited by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.-editor of The Teaching Professor, author of numerous books and articles, and award-winning professor emeritus of teaching and learning at Penn State Berks-this collection is an important resource for faculty at all career stages. For newer instructors, it's an accessible introduction to the proven teaching methods of more than a score of highly accomplished educators. For experienced teachers, the book provides a range of perspectives on age-old challenges and ideas for addressing some more current ones, such as how to deal with a growing sense of entitlement among students. For all faculty members, it provides inspiration and an affirmation of the critical work they do in their classrooms every day. Teaching Strategies for the College Classroom focuses on methods that can be easily implemented in the classroom. It is organized into four chapters: Chapter 1: The Start of a Successful Semester Chapter 2: Building Rapport with Students Chapter 3: Managing Challenging Behavior Chapter 4: Strategies for Student Engagement An emphasis on specific, practical information makes the book a uniquely valuable faculty resource. Readers will learn many classroom strategies, including: -Four strategies for creating a positive learning environment -Ten tips for a successful first day of class -Six keys to building rapport -Four solutions to the civility problem -Nineteen elements of a "behavior contract" -Four principles of successful classroom management Teaching Strategies for the College Classroom presents a comprehensive look at sound pedagogical practices. It is accessible, actionable material covering a broad spectrum of classroom issues. Throughout the book, readers will find some aspects of conventional wisdom affirmed and some challenged. There is a well-made case for being strict with disruptive students, while another contributor offers a persuasive argument for cell phones in the classroom! Readers will discover innovative ways of resolving thorny issues: For instance, one article demonstrates how instructor and student goals for a class, while rarely identical, can often be achieved. The articles in this book are compiled from The Teaching Professor newsletter, a publication dedicated to the art and science of teaching since its inception in 1987. The newsletter is published by Magna Publications, which was founded in 1972 and is recognized as one of the country's foremost providers of faculty development materials. Teaching Strategies for the College Classroom: A Collection of Faculty Articles includes a foreword from Alice Cassidy, Ph.D., longtime member of the leadership teams at the University of British Columbia's Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth and the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Bulk Purchases To purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit www.MagnaGroupBooks.com

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Trading in your red pen for a keyboard?Here's an indispensable guide to online grading strategies.Of all the challenges you face in moving courses online, determining your approach to assessment and feedback is perhaps the trickiest. It goes far beyond simply retiring your red pen: there are questions of time management, grading frequency, quiz formatting, academic honesty, term paper assessment, credit for participation-the list is almost endless.Arriving at the right policies and practices to ensure a positive experience for both you and your students is not easy. But there is help in the form of a brand-new book, Grading Strategies for the Online College Classroom: A Collection of Articles for Faculty.In article after article, you'll find critical insights into online feedback and assessment topics, including: Rubric options for online classesOptimal formats for quizzesAssessment strategies that are most meaningful to studentsProper construction of multiple-choice testsStudent analytics as a tool for course improvementManagement of discussion forumsStrategies to improve forum participationEfficient delivery of meaningful feedbackCollaborative learning tools and strategiesWays to monitor and prevent cheatingThe role of social media in participation and gradingFrequency and depth of feedbackOpportunities and pitfalls of peer reviewIf you're new to online teaching, this information will help you avoid false starts and apply proven best practices. If you're an online veteran, it will be a rich source of new tips and techniques.With Grading Strategies for the Online College Classroom: A Collection of Articles for Faculty in your professional development library, you'll have a resource to help you: Deliver assessments that reflect progress and inspire learningProvide impactful feedback while managing your workloadCreate a positive online experience for you and your studentsOrder this affordable new guide today!Bulk PurchasesTo purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit www.MagnaGroupBooks.com