Understanding your learners In a recent post by Breana Bayraktar, she explains that better understanding the students we teach provides us with an advantage in that we can customize our teaching in ways that connect with their motivations and maximize their learning. While she notes, “It’s not always possible to adapt learning materials and activities to each… Read more »
Conferences and Workshops
Resource: Adapting Your Teaching to Generative AI Tools
In this handout created by educational developers Doug Holton & Ilene Frank, five ways to adapt your teaching to generative AI Tools are discussed: Check for or Prevent AI-Generated Work Utilize Synchronous Teaching & Learning Sessions Assess the Process, Not (Just) the Product Make Your Assessments More Authentic, Open, or Collaborative Incorporate AI Tools into… Read more »
Resource: EDUCAUSE 2023 Horizon Report focusing on Teaching and Learning
EDUCAUSE has released its 2023 Horizon Report focusing on Teaching and Learning: https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2023/4/2023hrteachinglearning.pdf. This report aims to: Identify the trends, and key technologies and practices shaping and significantly impacting postsecondary teaching and learning today. To that end, they provide a focused look at: AI-enabled applications for predictive, personal learning. Generative AI The blurring boundaries between teaching modalities… Read more »
Conversation on Mastery Grading | Quick Tips on Navigating Classroom Challenges | Teaching Resource Database
Join Martha Oakley, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education http://www.chem.indiana.edu/faculty/martha-oakley/ on Monday March 6 1PM – 2:00 PM in Luddy Hall Dean’s Suite – Room 3006 as well as https://iu.zoom.us/j/9550537245 For a Conversation on Mastery Grading: Light Refreshments served. What is Mastery grading? Consider this question: What does a C… Read more »
Upcoming Assessment Conference
The Assessment Institute, https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/index.html hosted by IUPUI and usually held in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the oldest and largest higher education event in the United States focused on assessment and improvement. This year, the institute is offering complimentary registration to this event, which will be held October 24-27, 2021, and feature approximately 400 unique educational sessions…. Read more »
Resources on Race and Cultural Diversity in the US
Next week, the National Conference for Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education NCORE® takes place: https://ncore.ou.edu/en/ncore-2021/programming/. The NCORE® conference series constitutes the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education. The conference focuses on the complex task of creating and sustaining comprehensive institutional change designed to improve racial and… Read more »
Free PD Resources
Due to the pandemic and travel restrictions in 2020, many conferences on online learning shifted to a virtual format.At the same time, online learning saw a huge surge both in numbers of courses and enrollments. Virtual events accepted more participants, reduced or dropped (expensive) participant fees, and made post-conference resources available online. As a result,… Read more »