All IU campuses now have access to the 3rd edition ebook of Classroom Assessment Techniques: Formative Feedback Tools for College and University Teachers. This book describes over 50 techniques to help instructors quickly gauge student learning, indexed by teaching goal, cognitive goal, or discipline. One popular technique is the Background Knowledge Probe (p. 125-129), used… Read more »
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Generative AI in the Classroom: In-class Activities (Primer Part 3)
So you’ve started using generative AI, decided to move forward with incorporating generative AI into your classroom, and you have some ideas for assignment designs. But you’re still wondering about how to get started. Try a low stakes in-class activity to get started getting feedback from your students. Again, the research from Stanford on generative… Read more »
Activities for the First Day of Class
Our previous blog post talked about ways to ensure your students feel welcomed and included in your course from day one. However, welcoming students to class and establishing course goals are only the first steps. As James M. Lang has argued, “On that first day…your students are forming a lasting impression not just of you… Read more »
Writing to Learn: Activities that Foster Engagement and Understanding
Do your students struggle to learn difficult concepts in your courses? Do they often fail to meet your expectations on final writing products? Do they seem to dislike writing in general? Writing-to-learn assignments are short, informal tasks that help students understand course concepts and generate their own ideas for future exploration. Students complete these assignments… Read more »
Flipping Your Class, Part 3: What Should I Do? So Much Room for Activities!
In Part 2, we created our learning objectives (LOs) and sorted them based on their level of cognitive complexity. We begin part three by planning the in-class portion where students will have peer and instructor support in achieving the advanced LOs. Whether a person is planning a traditional lecture or a flipped class, it’s important… Read more »
Multipurpose Course Activities for SoTL Data
I am a huge advocate for multi-purposing, much like the Swiss army knife in the accompanying image. The same is true of my views on data. Collect it once and use it (at least) twice. Most data can be utilized to answer a number of questions, and multi-purposing saves effort on the part of both… Read more »