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Incorporating the UNG Pollinator Garden on the Oconee Campus, created in 2018, into my classes as a High-Impact Practice (HIP) has been a challenge filled with many rewards. Unlike a textbook diagram or a lecture slide, the Pollinator Garden is dynamic.

Simulations are experiential learning tools that are context-based and require students to role-play specific actors that have peculiar constraints and unique available actions. Given how effective they were for my Model UN conferences, I have integrated simulations into my other courses as well.

We'll examine a few of the techniques I use and how I incorporated them over the past few years. It does not happen overnight, but with some intentionality, mindfulness practices can help make us more satisfied instructors and UNG employees.

From these experiences teaching diverse content to my students, I have come to realize that my primary ambition is not to impart specific knowledge but to serve as a role model whom my students can trust and learn from in order to grow as individuals.

We realized that students in an English 1101 course would not have the time to research, contextualize, and publish digital history projects on their own. But if students in different classes—on different campuses and from different years—worked together, then they could produce collaborative research focused on our local region.

One of the overarching goals common across COIL projects is developing the intercultural collaborative skills that help students become global citizens.

An A.I. program like ChatGPT has obvious implications for education at all levels. Read about four different approaches to confronting ChatGPT with your students.

By challenging her students to organize a cultural art exhibit, Ana aims to impart a lifelong experience and a deeper appreciation for heritage.

In a world calling to trade out lectures for activities, Dee illustrates how lectures remain a strong option when they're crafted to engage the mind's eye.

"The project underscored the possibility, and perhaps even the necessity, of developing partnerships and communication between disciplines"

An explanation of how in-class role-play can deeply root lessons in students memory.

A gallery of a LEAP project that sought to trailblaze a new kind of concert.

A gallery sharing the fruits (and vegetables) from a labor of love.

A LEAP Project through the pandemic proved "quite the roller-coaster ride: Thrilling on the climb, scream-worthy going down, and dizzying through the blind twists and turns."