In a bonus episode of WWYK, I talk with Olga Kalentzidou from Geography about how she used reflective ePortfolios in her Geography of Foods class. During remote instruction, Olga replaced her hands-on food labs with remote cooking experiences, having students document and reflect on their cooking through a range of portfolio activities. As she returns… Read more »
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What Will You Keep This Fall? Susan Siena on More Frequent Tests
In my last video in this series, Dr. Susan Siena from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs talks with me about moving from a few higher-stakes exams to more frequent, lower-stakes ones. Susan has evidence that students see better connections between exams and the course content, due to the more immediate assessments, and… Read more »
What Will You Keep for Fall? Sapna Mehta on Alternative Assessments
In this episode of WWYK, I talk with Dr. Sapna Mehta from the Department of Biology, and she shares how she has transformed an upper-level class in two ways—by taking a hybrid approach and by replacing all her exams with weekly scaffolded exercises that lead to a final project. That final project is also one… Read more »
What Will You Keep this Fall? Michael Morrone on Google Docs to Promote Student Engagement
In this week’s WWYK episode, I talk with Michael Morrone, one of our first class of Teaching Professors, from the Kelley School of Business, and the Director of FACET. Michael shares how he uses Google Docs to structure class activities and enhance student engagement both within activities and across the semester. His approach is also… Read more »
What Will You Keep for Fall? Vicky Meretsky on Online Office Hours
In this week’s “What Will You Keep for Fall 2021?” I talk with Vicky Meretsky from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs about her use of online office hours, particularly in the evening. Vicky talks a bit about this option being particularly good for working students, and she shares a few approaches she… Read more »
What Will You Keep This Fall? – Meghan Porter on Flexibility through Tokens
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 »