Every month TLC will post the newest and noteworthy materials up on the Teaching & Learning Hub. Here is March’s list. Teaching Strategies & Pedagogy: Why Digital Portfolios – Why use digital portfolios? Now that is a question worth exploring in more detail! Here are some of the skills we…
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Instructors: Are you tired of answering the same questions about assignment guidelines? Do you think grading takes too much time? Have your fingers ever cramped up from typing the same feedback over and over again? Are you sick of explaining to students why you gave them a certain grade? If…
Leave a CommentDuring Black History month, we honor the legacy of the Black feminist scholar, writer, and teacher bell hooks who passed away at her home in Kentucky on December 15, 2021. We share her belief that it is impossible to separate joy and learning. In this recent Chronicle of Higher Education…
Leave a CommentThe Overview Page is an opportunity to make an impactful first impression on your incoming students. Furthermore, it could be a continued resource as the semester progresses. Here are 5 inspirational ways to set up your Overview Page. ONE: How to Get Started and Where to Find Various Course Components…
Leave a CommentUse Brightspace to communicate clear expectations and keys to success. The following may not be included in your syllabus, but you may want to add them to your Brightspace Overview page, or in a Brightspace Module like “Syllabus and Course Information”. Make the expectations crystal clear so that students understand…
Leave a CommentIn this blog post, we promote Release Conditions as a strategy to ensure students actually read the syllabus or other important course content. When you set a release condition in Brightspace, the course material is locked until a student completes the defined requirements. Examples: You could hide a content item…
Leave a CommentReflections are personal + exploratory pieces of writing (or audio or video) that a student is asked to complete after an experience in the course. It “closes the loop on learning”, because it asks students to look back, gain insight into their own progress, and make connections for going forward.…
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