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Time on Task: Tackling a Vague Standard

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The pandemic’s effects on higher education are giving us the chance to rethink, reexamine, and redesign our teaching efforts. From objectives to tech use to assignment choices, opportunities abound. I want to include the time factor in this process—not the time we put into course design, student interaction, or assessment of learning, which is already demanding, but a consideration of the time it takes students to complete the tasks we assign.

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