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Make the content relatable. Because modern learners' demand for personalized, digital learning tools sets them apart from both traditional and non-traditional students, instructors and institutions need to work to best serve them and their interests (Academic Partnership, 2019). Research shows that "by connecting content to students' previous knowledge and experiences, educators can make learning relatable and encourage self-directed engagement" (Cardone 2018, 12). When students relate to course content, they become interested and engaged, reigniting their love of learning and increasing the amount of information they retain. Use technology. The challenges of engaging the modern learner are many. According to Doucette (2018), "to educate these students effectively, professors may need to adapt their pedagogical approaches—for example, by adding more video content to the curricula." Lewthaite & Nind (2016) recently conducted a study, "Teaching Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Expert Perspectives on Pedagogy and Practice" to help behavioral and social sciences instructors better understand the need for pedagogical change. Multiple participants in the study agreed that "their pedagogical approaches have evolved" (Lewthaite & Nind, 2016, 420). A participant, Yvonna Lincoln, further explained, "we tend to teach what we were taught with 'direct links' between supervisors and students across generations of researcher-teachers. This 'social reproduction' of intellectual forebears influences everything from choice of textbooks to pedagogical style and substance" (Lewthaite & Nind 2016, 420). Both Doucett (2018) and Lewthaite & Nind (2016) address how pedagogical approaches are changing, demonstrating that teaching approaches can grow and blend with technology to increase student learning opportunities. Technology makes personalization easier for instructors, helping to ensure "high efficiency, effectiveness, engagement, satisfaction, and motivation of students" (Urh, et. al 2015, 391). For example, "[Big data] enables us to provide instrumental means in formulating data for communication, sending information, and creating online activities, as well as increasing innovative teaching and learning for higher learning institutions" (Huba, et al., 2016, 1210).

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