Assignments

How OER Motivate My Students and Renewed My Love of Teaching

By Heather Miceli
November 20, 2023

As students, I think we all had moments when we questioned the point of certain assignments. They might’ve been simple ones—posters, diagrams, or short stories meant to be completed quickly, graded, and never discussed again. You may have even told yourself that you didn’t have to try as hard because they were just busywork that only your instructor would read.

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Tags: assignment strategies, diversity and inclusion, instructional change, OER, student engagement

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