Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Checking How Well Students Blend Ideas Checking student learning in an interdisciplinary course brings special challenges, as the goal is to test knowledge of single subjects and the ability to blend and use information from many fields. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

Interdisciplinary 52

Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 52

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Checking How Well Students Blend Ideas Checking student learning in an interdisciplinary course brings special challenges, as the goal is to test knowledge of single subjects and the ability to blend and use information from many fields. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

Interdisciplinary 54

Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 54

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

OER have the potential to offer more equitable and accessible learning experiences because they can be tailored to meet the needs of the students, including learning outcome alignment, accessible formatting, diverse learning materials, and diverse assessments.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

OER have the potential to offer more equitable and accessible learning experiences because they can be tailored to meet the needs of the students, including learning outcome alignment, accessible formatting, diverse learning materials, and diverse assessments.

Accessibility 94

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 94

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

at the end of a unit of study) Focuses on assessment for learning Focuses on the assessment of learning Informs ongoing instruction to improve student learning outcomes in real time Evaluates how well the instruction worked in the past Usually covers discrete content (e.g., Carless, D., & Winstone, N. Gaynor, J.

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

at the end of a unit of study) Focuses on assessment for learning Focuses on the assessment of learning Informs ongoing instruction to improve student learning outcomes in real time Evaluates how well the instruction worked in the past Usually covers discrete content (e.g., Carless, D., & Winstone, N. Gaynor, J.

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111