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Columbia University has released an open online course, Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policy and Practice, to provide...</p> </div></div> </article> <article id="post-3524" class="et_pb_post clearfix et_pb_no_thumb et_pb_blog_item_0_5 post-3524 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-featured tag-columbia-university tag-inclusive-teaching tag-online-teaching"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="http://online.columbia.edu/announcements/inclusive-online-teaching/">What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching</a> </h2> <p class="post-meta">by <span class="author vcard"><a href="http://online.columbia.edu/author/columbiaonline/" title="Posts by Columbia Online" rel="author">Columbia Online</a></span> | <span class="published">Jun 17, 2021</span> | 0 Comments</p><div class="post-content"><div class="post-content-inner"><p>Vice Provost Soulaymane Kachani, Amanda Irvin, and Catherine Ross co-authored an article that was recently published on EdSurge titled "What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching": "It’s not surprising that most higher education...</p> </div></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular" > <div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_3"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_5 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h1 style="text-align: center;">Provost’s Conversations on Online Learning</h1></div> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_4"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_6 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_video et_pb_video_0"> <div class="et_pb_video_box"><iframe loading="lazy" title="PCoOL | Chip Paucek - Co-founder and CEO, 2U, Inc. | Columbia University, Oct. 17, 2019" width="1080" height="608" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iTbsTERdR_A?feature=oembed" allow="accelerometer; 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