Teaching and learning online can, and should, be a rewarding experience. To help ensure your success as an online instructor, and your students’ success in the online environment, you should take steps both to effectively conclude the course as well as to assess your course, especially if the course is one recently designed.There are numerous steps [...]
I’ve been to 6 conferences in the past 2.5 months – including our very own CiTE conference which was great – and I’ve seen an interesting pattern. If you want plenty of leg room, head to the conference session about curriculum or planning. However, if you want to struggle to find a seat, look for [...]
Campus leaders are struggling to create learning outcome management programs that contribute to substantive improvements in student achievement. Departments often spend countless hours on manual processes that may meet the letter but not the spirit of accreditation requirements and leave limited time to actually assess curriculum strengths and weaknesses.
In previous blog posts, I’ve discussed the [...]
Do you allow students to use laptops in your face to face classes? No matter how you answer that question, you are probably not alone. This is a divisive subject which is frequently discussed among instructors. An anecdotal study of the affect of laptop use on classroom performance has recently been discussed in the news. [...]