Kate Borelli

2024 Innovations Conference March 17-20, 2024

Authors : Kate Borelli

Don’t miss our session: Facilitating Positive Student Help-Seeking Experiences in Online Courses. Monday, March 18, 2024, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm PT. Community college instructors will learn about the reasons students avoid asking for help, particularly in STEM courses. Research has linked such avoidance to students’ experiences of discrimination and marginalization, but studies show that students who seek help have better outcomes and experiences.

OLC Innovate: Education Reimagined,  April 10-13, 2024

Authors : Kate Borelli

Check out our session A framework for self-directed learning strategies to support student success in online learning. Friday, April 12, 2:30-3:15pm MT. Researchers will present an evolving framework for understanding the motivational mindsets, metacognitive skills, and applied learning strategies that students need to develop in order to be successful in online courses. We will share emerging strategies implemented by institutional partners in online and blended classrooms to support development of skills highlighted in the framework (this portion of the presentation will include specific practices from an institutional partner).

The Council for the Study of Community Colleges’ Annual Conference: Catalyzing Equity-Centered Change, April 18-20, 2024

Authors : Kate Borelli

Check out our session Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills in the Online Classroom: Importance and Strategies. In this session, researchers from the Postsec Collab will present evidence about their predictive validity with academic outcomes and strategies for promoting the development of these skills in online courses in community colleges.

Lessons from Research: Centering Equity in Postsecondary STEM Education

Authors : Kate Borelli

Despite increasing attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion in postsecondary STEM education, the field continues to see gaps in the participation and success of historically marginalized students (e.g., due to race or ethnicity, gender, first-generation status, and especially intersectionality).

DREAM 2024 – February 19–22, 2024

Authors : Kate Borelli

Creating Online Environments to Promote Motivation and Learning: Perspectives from Students at the 20th anniversary of Achieving the Dream’s Annual DREAM conference from February 19 to 22, 2024 in Orlando, FL.

The Secret Sauce of Belonging, Engagement, and Help-Seeking: A Q&A with Carlton Fong

Authors : Kate Borelli

Carlton Fong, a professor of curriculum and instruction at Texas State University, has expertise in motivation, metacognition, and instructional design, with a focus on STEM courses. His work on student agency and how it helps students feel connected to college and motivates them to seek help.

Happy New Year from the Postsecondary Collaborative!

Authors : Kate Borelli

We at the Postsecondary Collaborative are extraordinarily grateful to our institutional partners and advisors for your work with us in 2023 to support faculty and students in online STEM courses. We thank you for your continued partnership and inspiration

Tips for EdTech Developers to Break Into the Postsecondary Market

Authors : Kate Borelli

Scaling evidence-based education technology (edtech) products in the postsecondary market is challenging. Developers need to figure out how to break into classrooms long dominated by commercial publishers – and how to attract funding when investors tend to focus on the much larger and less fragmented K–12 market.

Helping Your Students Not Just Survive but Thrive

Authors : Kate Borelli

During my first semester at Wake Tech college, I was not well acquainted with resources such as student success coaches, advisors, and tutoring services. However, once I became aware of them and started using them, I discovered how helpful they can be. New college students face a variety of challenges, and one effective way to overcome these hurdles is to seek help.

Why Interactive Learning is a Recipe for Student Motivation

Authors : Kate Borelli

Being a college student can be hard, especially for first-time students. We tend to think we will have everything together, but we are often wrong. We are starving for the learning we will experience in college, but we don’t quite have all of the study habits or knowledge about how to interact with our instructors that are necessary for us to grow.