While most faculty stick with the tried-and-true quiz and paper assessment strategies for their online courses, the wide range of technologies available today offers a
One of the biggest failures of higher education is punishing student failure. A bad performance on an assignment is preserved and carried all the way
The traditional online course structure violates a fundamental principle of learning by separating the process of getting information from the process of engaging it. The
It is easy to forget that learning is not a simple transfer of information from the head of the teacher to the head of the
As faculty, it is easy for us to fall into the trap of “The Expert’s Blind Spot.” This is the well-established tendency of experts to
Gamification of learning has become a hot topic in education as of late. But instructors are understandably puzzled about how to gamify their courses. Should
As online instructors, we have finally figured out that the web is a visual medium and have been replacing the long text documents that constituted
Consider the following two ways to introduce an online lesson:1. In this module we will learn how gender differences are expressed in the traits of
One of the fundamental causes of poor student performance is not knowing how to read academic work. They read for facts rather than underlying themes.
Technology has transformed how education is delivered. Yet the digital revolution has not had a dramatic influence on how students are assessed. Most instructors are
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