In this week’s “What Will You Keep the Fall” video, I am talking again with Dr. Meghan Porter from the Chemistry Department, this time about how she uses tokens to provide students with flexibility and autonomy in their assignments. Students are able to request an extension simply by using one of their assigned tokens—reducing their… Read more »
In this week’s “What Will You Keep this Fall?” video, we are talking with Dr. Dawn Kutza from the Kelley School of Business about how she adds structure to her class’s long-term project. She provides her students with detailed structure to clarify the multiple steps, examples of successful outcomes, and estimates about how long each… Read more »
In this week’s “What Will You Keep the Fall” video, I am talking with Dr. J Duncan from the Informatics Department about his use of online office hours. Specifically, J shares a bit about how he and his colleagues are using online office hours to consult with students on coding projects, which involves shared screens… Read more »
In this week’s “What Will You Keep this Fall?” video, we are talking with Dr. Laura Brown from the Chemistry Department about a few lessons she’s learned from this past year, and specifically about her use of low-stakes assessments. She has incorporated Quick Checks in each module, allows students to re-do parts of exams, and… Read more »
This this week’s “What Will You Keep this Fall?” video, I am talking to Dr. Carl Ipsen from the Department of History, learning about how he used short instructional videos accompanied by short questions to improve student accountability and engagement. While Carl notes teaching an asynchronous course was a challenge, he thinks many students were… Read more »
As we prepare for fall semester and a “new normal” on campus, many of us are trying to understand students’ changing needs and expectations—for our individual classes, our majors and curricula, and our institution. A recent survey from Inside Higher Education and College Pulse examined several issues about the struggles and needs of our students… Read more »
