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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Photo Credit: Tina Nazerian Consider Pedagogy and Course Design Safeguarding a course from cheating can come down to the very design of the course itself. For example, a course that has two big tests worth 80 percent of a student’s grade can create anxiety because the stakes are so high.

Academic Integrity 151

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 151

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

When times abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighes Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Syllabus 112

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 112

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APRIL 26, 2018

Do exams still serve a purpose? How do we move beyond grades to more meaningful demonstrations of learning? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like. Yes exactly.

Assignments 101

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 101

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

All sections of bi-modal courses receive a copy over of the asynchronous LMS master course. The faculty team could be consulted as to what materials should be placed in the master course. Every educator has the same course design and materials. This allows the educator to grade asynchronously.

Exams 111

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Focus on challenge and relevance: We all hope our courses will engage students, challenge their assumptions, require effort, and facilitate the development of deep understandings and skills. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. These assessments must be valid and reliable.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Pre-courses can be an optional activity during the summer (prior to courses offered during the fall semester) or during the winter break intersession (prior to courses offered during the spring semester). For summer courses, a brief pre-course may be offered in the weeks leading up to the first day of class.

Exams 115

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 115

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

When times abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighes Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Syllabus 101

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 101

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, assessment is more than just grading and is often misunderstood. In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 18, 2023

All sections of bi-modal courses receive a copy over of the asynchronous LMS master course. The faculty team could be consulted as to what materials should be placed in the master course. Every educator has the same course design and materials. This allows the educator to grade asynchronously.

Exams 98

Exams Course Design Assignments Learning 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

When time’s abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, assessment is more than just grading and is often misunderstood. In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

When time’s abundant, some teachers read books like Wiggins and McTighe’s Understanding by Design , a thoughtful, research-based system. But as I write this article in mid-December, the reality is there are papers and projects to grade, events to attend, holidays to celebrate, and a short break before spring courses commence.

Exams 105

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Focus on challenge and relevance: We all hope our courses will engage students, challenge their assumptions, require effort, and facilitate the development of deep understandings and skills. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. These assessments must be valid and reliable.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 105

Faculty Focus

MARCH 19, 2023

A SWOT analysis The five stages of the Stanford Design Thinking Process were used to structure the course. Design thinking activities and assessments were designed at each stage of the course. Students also tracked threats and opportunities which are external factors that can help or hinder career development.

Course Design 116

Course Design Testing Feedback Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Ask yourself what’s most enervating about the course. Tired of grading papers that all say the same things? Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. It makes sense to target whatever’s making the course tough to teach.

Motivation 114

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 114

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. Rather than treating assessment as endemic to grades or any other static category, assessment should prioritize movement.

Feedback 126

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2024

Ask yourself what’s most enervating about the course. Tired of grading papers that all say the same things? Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. It makes sense to target whatever’s making the course tough to teach.

Motivation 111

Motivation Exams Lecturing Questions 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Pre-courses can be an optional activity during the summer (prior to courses offered during the fall semester) or during the winter break intersession (prior to courses offered during the spring semester). For summer courses, a brief pre-course may be offered in the weeks leading up to the first day of class.

Exams 77

Exams Quizzes Students Course Design 77

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AUGUST 16, 2018

Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. The other half are like, ‘This isn’t on the exam so I’m not going to do this.’” he remembers.

Textbooks 164

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 164

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

Course Design 67

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 67

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. Rather than treating assessment as endemic to grades or any other static category, assessment should prioritize movement.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

We can immediately correct misconceptions or misapplication of data rather than waiting until students make the errors in homework or on exams. In-class opportunities are well suited to students who have busy schedules that involve a heavy course load, work, and/or family responsibilities. Will you give individual or group grades?

Learning 122

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 19, 2023

A SWOT analysis The five stages of the Stanford Design Thinking Process were used to structure the course. Design thinking activities and assessments were designed at each stage of the course. Students also tracked threats and opportunities which are external factors that can help or hinder career development.

Course Design 98

Course Design Testing Feedback Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Many professors may not be familiar with, A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning , a resource designed to do just what it says. From this, Fink developed a model known as integrated course design which consists of three phases: the initial, intermediate and final design phases.

Course Design 62

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 62

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

We can immediately correct misconceptions or misapplication of data rather than waiting until students make the errors in homework or on exams. In-class opportunities are well suited to students who have busy schedules that involve a heavy course load, work, and/or family responsibilities. Will you give individual or group grades?

Learning 98

Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 98

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JUNE 9, 2020

In a paper Koedinger co-published in Science , he found that as instructors consider their course design and teaching options during a typical college course, they’re picking from trillions of possibilities. Simply the act of interacting with the information again moves it to the forefront of your memory,” she says.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

How do you leverage technology in your course? I’ve automated the grading for my essay test, which I was finally able to do with the help of a friend who programmed me a special little system this past year that I call Alucarda. That’s made grading a lot faster and easier. Resources to Inspire Your Course Design.

Education 132

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 132