You’re heard some buzz about generative AI, but you’ve also heard about some of the concerns. Specifically, you’re worried that students in your courses are going to use generative AI to cheat on your assignments. A 2023 survey showed that students using generative AI to cheat is the #1 concern of higher education instructors. Well,… Read more »
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Call for Final Applications: Implementing Innovative Grading Practices, Inaugural Cohort Spring 2024
Last semester, Kelley School of Business Communication and Professional Skills lecturers Joe Packowski and Emily Esola elicited responses from faculty to gauge interest in a professional development opportunity to implement specifications grading into their courses. We are excited to announce that we are ready to launch our first “Implementing Specs Grading” faculty learning community, which… Read more »
Implementing the innovative grading practice of Specs Grading into your course
Are you interested in grading methods that take the unnecessary stress out of the process, saving you considerable time and mental energy without sacrificing rigor? If so, you might be interested in innovative or alternative grading, a broader umbrella term for assessment practices which eliminate or greatly reduce the usage of assigned points and letter… Read more »
Canvas New Quizzes Overview and How Spaced Practice is Supported
New Quizzes is Canvas’ latest quiz engine that offers instructors four new question types and several features and improvements that instructors have requested for years. New question types and examples Categorization: Place the following organisms into five kingdoms based on their characteristics: Amoeba, Mushroom, Fern, E. coli, Dog The instructor would provide the category names… Read more »
Three Ways to Get Your Students Talking
Welcome to October! The temperature is dropping, the leaves are changing, and our students have entirely forgotten how to use their voices—or at least, that’s what it can feel like. Read on for a few proven ways to encourage discussion in your courses. Question Brainstorm If students are silent when you ask questions they might… Read more »
Integrating Community Engaged Learning in Your Course
Why do you teach what you teach? Why should students care to learn what you teach? I think almost all instructors care deeply about the subject matter they’re studying and teaching because we understand the impact of our scholarship on the world, although this isn’t true with all our students. Community engaged learning is a… Read more »