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Hacking your final exam for alternative grading by Robert Talbert
Hacking your final exam for alternative grading The final exam can be a great platform for experimentation ROBERT TALBERT APR 3 Don’t look now, but it’s almost the end of the academic year. It’s close enough to see summer break on the calendar and feel anticipatory joy. But it’s far enough away to also see…
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Time for Mid-Semester Course Feedback
There are a number of benefits to implementing a mid-semester check-in. In addition to the targeted feedback provided to course instructors, some studies suggest that soliciting student input can influence how students view their roles as members of the learning community and can bolster positive perceptions of their learning and the learning environment (Hurney, et…
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Chronicle article on “Course correction: Students expect total flexibility in the pandemic-era classroom. Is that really what they need?
Article by Beckie Supiano Excerpts: …Sarvary’s findings speak to the challenge professors now face: how to provide something like a normal college education when students’ expectations have really changed. When students have really changed. Everyone keeps telling professors to “meet students where they are” — even if it takes more time and effort. But where are they,…
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Teaching Writing in an Age of AI. Podcast with John Warner
The second of many Teaching in Higher Ed episodes regarding artificial intelligence aired on January 19, 2023. John Warner was the guest for Episode 449 and shared about how to teach writing in an age of AI. John is a writer, editor, speaker, researcher, consultant, and author of eight books, including Why They Can’t Write: Killing the…
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Will ChatGPT Change the way you teach? & ChatGPT: A Must-See Before the Semester Begins
Chronicle of Higher Education article by Beth McMurtrie ChatGPT: A Must-See Before the Semester Begins by Cynthia Alby Excerpts: First, if you want to make your assignments AI-proof, that’s likely impossible. These tools can be used in large and small ways. Maybe you won’t receive a paper written by a bot, but a bot-written essay…