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Farewell, 2020: Lessons Learned

Catlin Tucker

We all have unique interests, learning preferences, histories and life experiences, family dynamics, strengths, and weaknesses. Others meet virtually every week for a Friday happy hour or Sunday coffee date to talk about how they are navigating this challenging moment, personally and professionally. #2 Every person is different.

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Advancing educational equity with UDL and generative AI

eSchool News

While we recognize that some of these elements require large systems change, we also want to challenge all computer science educators to be the example.Taking computer science, with its long history of exclusion, towards an inclusive future will cause ripple effects across all content areas.

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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

Edsurge

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? What do I do? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

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To Get More Students to Office Hours, Colleges Rethink the Faculty Office

Edsurge

Mills Kelly, a professor of history at George Mason University, has looked into alternative designs for faculty offices as part of the planning of a new academic building. Mills Kelly, a professor of history at George Mason University who has been involved in the building planning. Personally, he'd like a window.

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Coronavirus Has Led to a Rush of Online Teaching. Here’s Some Advice for Newly Remote Instructors

Edsurge

I love what many of the universal design for learning people say. It's almost like that frustration by somebody who is the longtime movie reviewer when somebody comes in and acts like they know everything about film history because they watched one artsy film. We would love to be able to help you just make that move.

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Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 2

Faculty Focus

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. link] Canales, A. 2023, April 17).

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Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 2

Faculty Focus

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. link] Canales, A. 2023, April 17).

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