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RUOnlineCon

Rutger's University Online Education Services
March 16, 2026

Curiosity, Connection, and Creativity: Cornerstones of Engaged Learning

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THE LANDSCAPE

  • Peak Higher Ed: How to Survive the Looming Academic Crisis, by Bryan Alexander
  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 604: Peak Higher Ed: AI’s Possible Futures, with Bryan Alexander
  • Faculty Members Are Burned Out—and Technology Is Partly to Blame, by Lauren Coffey
  • Report: 2024 CIN Faculty EdTech Survey | EdTech and the Evolving Role of Faculty (WGU Labs)
  • The Mental Health Crisis Among Faculty and College Staff, by Mary Ellen Flannery
  • The Healthy Minds Study and Associated Publications (Healthy Minds Network)
  • Disrupted student engagement and motivation: observations from online and face-to-face university learning environments, by Manisha Hari Rajan, Cristan Herbert, & Patsie Polly

CURIOSITY

  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 437: Reviving Our Own Curiosity, with Lindsey Kealey
  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 608: Overcoming the Curse of Expertise and Other Ways to Be Inclusive in Our Teaching, with Sheila Tabanli
  • What Baby George and Handstands Taught Me About Learning, with Mike Wesch (YouTube)
  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 453: Finding Joy and Curiosity in the Questions, with Liz Norell
  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 606: An Educator’s Guide to ADHD, with Karen Costa
  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 508: How Curiosity Can Transform Lives and Change the World, with Scott Shigeoka

CONNECTION

  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 482: Connections Are Everything, with Isis Artze-Vega & Oscar Miranda Tapia
  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 551: Relationship-Rich Education at Scale, with Peter Felten & Kassidy Puckett
  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 394: What Inclusive Instructors Do, with Tracie Addy
  • A Tool to Advance Inclusive Teaching Efforts: The “Who’s in Class?” Form, by Tracie Marcella Addy, Khadijah A. Mitchell, & Derek Dube
  • Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College, by Peter Felten & Leo M. Lambert
  • Connections Are Everything: A College Student’s Guide to Relationship-Rich Education, by Peter Felten, Leo M. Lambert, Isis Artze-Vega, & Oscar R. Miranda Tapia

CREATIVITY

  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 542: How Creativity May Just Save Us All, with Rob Morgan
  • Teaching in Higher Ed — Episode 570: How to Get Started with Interactive Storytelling in Any Discipline, with Laura Gibbs
  • Video: Podcast Day: My Class Setup for Informative Speeches, by Tatiana Rodriguez
  • Video: Crafting Interactive Stories Using Twine – A Follow Up Conversation with Laura Gibbs
  • Video: Analog Inspiration Unboxing in the new T+L Studios
  • The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes, by Flower Darby

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