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For centuries, the mighty pen dominated classroom pedagogy in academia. In the 1980s, PowerPoint emerged as a significant tool to enhance in-class presentations. For the most part, academic presentations were confined to the four walls of the classroom. In 2019, the Coronavirus pandemic emptied the campuses, causing a pivot in the classroom experience. ZOOM, and other video tools, proliferated as channels for sharing oral and visual information, but there are better communication channels. We posit that academics should utilize graphic design platforms that provide more capability than PowerPoint technology. They exceed the typical slide projection capability, and they allow for more flexibility when integrating course content with social media. Graphic design platforms can be used to create Facebook posts and covers; they can be used to create invitations, cards, resumes, business letterheads, invoices, websites, logos, newsletters, brochures, business proposals, videos, worksheets, and infographics. In this paper we discuss and exhibit two specific communication strategies (that is, live videos and social media postings), and examples are provided using Canva. However, the same examples could have been created using other design platforms such as Stencil, Crello, Picmonkey, Snappa, Easil, Adobe Spark, and Pablo.

Jerry Pinkney's pencils and watercolors have created an indelible niche in African American children's literature, celebrating a magical world where children's thoughts flow freely back in time and across space. His illustrations have been repeatedly recognized by multiple awards and honor book citations (Brodie, 1998), including the Coretta Scott King Award. However, any attempt to corner Pinkney's voluminous illustrations exclusively into the African American niche would undermine the multicultural dimensions of this accomplished artist. This article presents a segmentation analysis of his work which demonstrates a predominant African American emphasis while revealing other important segments that categorize his books.

The gap analysis model offers a disciplined methodological approach which scrutinizes the quality of services delivered by institutions of higher education. Students are asked several questions in a detailed process which assigns attributes to services while evaluating the importance of each service dimension. The resulting gap provides valuable information about areas which need improvement., Introduction To measure the quality of services on a university campus is one thing; to measure the quality of manufactured goods is another matter. Fitzgerald (1988) takes this further and [...]

Storytelling has received praise from many educators as an effective teaching technique. In most studies assessment has been qualitative, focusing on student reactions; little attention has been given to learning as measured by assessment instruments. In this paper, three cases, six quasi experiments were conducted. Two different storytelling techniques were examined, the well-structured and carefully planned story, and the spontaneous and/or anecdotal story. Results of the experiments suggest that well planned stories, specifically designed to augment course learning objectives do in fact enhance knowledge and learning. Similar conclusions could not be supported for anecdotal stories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Affective commitment integrates the social worker's objectives into the client's identity. Without such commitment, social work becomes an instrumental exercise of control, devoid of unconditional concern. This paper, through a structural equation model, suggests the process leading to affective commitment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Questions the validity of Colla MacDonald's arguments about collaborative research in her articles published in the periodicals `Education' and `McGill Journal of Education.' MacDonald's failure to point out that her research collaborators were fictitious.