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Who Are They Going to Be?
Proposing a grand experiment.
tldraw
A free and instant collaborative diagramming tool.
Assessment Culture: What It Is and Why It Matters - EdSurge News
In the post-COVID pandemic educational setting, assessment offers ways to gain crucial insights into student thinking and learning and the areas ...
Talbert Grading For Growth resource page
Teaching and Learning Posters
Because a picture is worth a thousand words! Discover a set of posters illustrating notions related to teaching and learning.
Five Tips for Writing Academic Integrity Statements in the Age of AI
As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities.
Nate Angell: Intentionally Equitable Facilitation Tips
Part of a series where members of the Equity Unbound community contribute their tips for intentionally equitable and engaging facilitation. Join us for MYFest and learn more at: https://myfest.equityunbound.org
Multiple New U of A ePortfolio Resources Available for Students and Faculty
The U of A ePortfolio Institute has debuted several new resources, including an ePortfolio website dedicated to helping students and faculty use the WordPress platform to build their portfolios.
What Does an A Mean? Readers Weigh In.
A number of responses focused on the idea of mastery.
Professors Have Been Urged to Adopt More-Effective Teaching Practices. Why Are Their Results So Mixed?
h/t Karen Costa
What Value do Students find in a HyFlex Course when Almost Everyone is Online? – HyFlex Learning Community
Canvas Site Spotlight: Thomas Nechyba’s Econ 101 Course - Duke Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education
At the end of Fall 2023, we asked students to share the names of any instructors they thought had used Canvas particularly well. We were thrilled to see dozens of ...
Relationship-Rich Education at Scale, aka the Too Many Bodies Problem - Center for Engaged Learning
Peter Felten presents three practices that will make relationship-rich education possible at a large scale.
Study shows grading by alphabetical ordered hurts fairness
Students with alphabetically lower-ranked names often receive lower grades than their peers, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan.
Americans Value Good Teaching. Do Colleges?
h/t Josh Eyler
The Rise of Generative AI Calls for New Approaches to Grading
A piece co-authored by my students and me
What Does an A Really Mean?
We asked professors, students, and high-school counselors.
9 Instructional design principles and how to use them | SessionLab
Explore Robert Gagne's instructional design principles and how to apply them to your eLearning course, training sessions and more in this in-depth guide.
The Inclusive Teaching Umbrella
Note: This post is based on a LinkedIn post I shared on April 2, 2024. I have created this blog post as another option for interacting with the “inclusive teaching umbrella” idea. Image…
UC Online Speaker Series:- Tools and Techniques for Equitable, Inclusive Online Learning Experiences
Please join UC Online for another webinar showcasing pedagogical tools and techniques used to shape modern educational outcomes.Presenters will give “lightni...
FL-IDN SP24 — Dr. Tolu Noah
Assessment of student learning is broken (opinion)
And generative AI is the thing that broke it, Zach Justus and Nik Janos write.
Small Teaching: Transparent Assignment Design
This is the fifth post of the Carefully Curated Series for the Spring 2024 semester. I had the chance to visit my undergraduate university campus this past weekend. It was so beautiful, and the vib…
If uni marks are going up, does that mean there’s a problem?
Education experts call it ‘grade inflation’. This comes amid reports of more high distinctions being awarded at some Australian universities.
Ready to Find Out What Research Tells Us about Grading and Gra…
Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning is a podcast from the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning. Our mission is to encourage instructors,…
Infographic - Humanize Online STEM
How do we encourage you? Through Empathy, Awareness, Presence, and Trust. See more and download our infographic to share with colleagues.
Recap: What Instructors Need to Know When Working with Neurodivergent Students
by Liz Norell, associate director of instructional support In our August 8 blog, we shared a preview of our September 8 workshop on supporting neurodivergent students, including the following definitions of key terms: Neurodivergent: a person with a brain that processes information in a way different from most individuals.
Personal vs. Personalized Education
h/t Lance Eaton
OER24 Live - MTU Cork Day 1
This year's OER conference is hosted in the Munster Technological University (MTU) in partnership with the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). The con...