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June 26, 2025
News from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative
In this issue of News from the Collaborative for Summer 2025, we recap our recent webinar focused on student experiences in online courses and share two new articles from the Collaborative blog.
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Webinar Recap
Supporting Student Success in Online Courses: Insights from Students and Faculty
How can instructors help students meet the demands and navigate the unique challenges of learning in a virtual environment?
In April, the Collaborative hosted a webinar titled Supporting Student Success in Online Courses: Insights from Students and Faculty, bringing together researchers, faculty, and students to discuss new research into student experiences in online settings and a series of strategies designed to support student motivation, engagement, and success. Watch the webinar, download a transcript, and explore key takeaways in this new article.
New Blogs
Fostering Student Connection and Growth Mindsets: A Q&A with Meghan McIntyre
In this blog post, Collaborative researcher Louise Yarnall and student fellow Emily Vershay talk with Wake Technical Community College Professor Meghan McIntyre about her experience implementing the Collaborative’s strategies for improving online learning.
Learning Environments That Support Motivation: A Q&A With Tony Perez
In this new Q&A article, CCRC’s Elizabeth Ganga and Collaborative student fellow Mason Gallagher speak with Old Dominion University Professor Tony Perez about creating classroom environments that support students’ motivation, their identity as STEM majors, and their career success.
Be sure to visit our website to stay up to date on our upcoming events as well as our past events. For past events, we provide all our presentation slides and materials.
Contact Us: Email us at postsec-collab@sri.com or visit postseccollab.org.
The Collaborative is a research and capacity-building center that aims to study and improve how faculty teach and use technology to help students apply and strengthen self-directed learning skills (SDL) to increase their success in online courses. The Collaborative is a partnership of SRI Education, the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College, Achieving the Dream, and nine broad-access colleges and universities.
