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- Adapting the Canvas Quiz to Practice Verbal Communication Description With more higher education experiences moving online, students have fewer opportunities to practice their verbal communication skills compared to traditional face-to-face environments. Speeches, presentations, and recitations that students might engage in within a traditional brick and mortar classroom may be less feasible online, and students also miss out on the typical questioning, conversation, and …
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- An Alternative Strategy for Using Online Discussions for Learning Course Content in STEM Courses
- Apply the DEAL Model of Critical Reflection to Maximize Learning in Blogs
- Assess Authentic Learning with Student-Generated Social Videos
- Assess Individual Learning from Group Projects
- Assign Six Word Memoirs for Reflection and Synthesis
- Boosting Engagement in Research in a Synchronous Online Foreign Language Class: Using an E-Conference Format, Peer-Reviewing and Pressbooks
- Build an ePortfolio to Showcase Mastery of 21st Century Skills
- Collect Student Feedback Using Course Evaluations
- Create a Case Method Group Activity to Engage Students in Critical Thinking
- Create Contracts to Improve Communication and Reduce Anxiety
- Create Discussion Rubrics
- Develop Critical Thinking Skills through Online Simulations Created with Blackboard’s Testing Tool
- Develop Student Confidence in Using the Online Library Database
- Digitalizing Gallery Walks: A Method for Student-Centered Feedback and Engagement
- Disrupt the One-Way Street of Feedback to Encourage Reflective Practice
- Embed Interactive Questioning within Course Content
- Enhancing Competency-Based Education with Virtual Reality Simulation
- Evaluate the Usefulness of Technology Tools in Teaching and Learning
- Foster Creativity, Collaboration, and Student Choice using Digital Storytelling
- Foster Meaningful Learning with Renewable Assignments
- Implement the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework by Providing Learners with Options for How to Express What They Know
- Implement Tuning Protocol to Improve Online Discussion Peer Replies and Assignment Quality
- Incorporate a Syllabus Quiz to Orient Students
- Incorporate Online Debates to Stimulate Critical Thinking and Engagement
- Incorporate Online Group Assessment Through Virtual Posters
- Incorporate Online Student Personas to Promote Faculty Empathy and Reflection
- Individualize Assignments in an Online Course
- Offering Assessment Options: Motivating Learners through Multiple Means of Action & Expression
- Present Homework through Videos
- Promoting Interaction and Engagement in Synchronous Classes: Four Examples
- Provide Formative Feedback for Student Success in Interactive Assessments
- Provide Non-Linguisitic Representations to Foster Reflection
- Reduce Cheating
- Require Online Exit Tickets for Active Engagement
- Set High Expectations for Low-Stakes Discussions Using a Complete/Incomplete Rubric This strategy highlights the benefits of using a Complete/Incomplete, single-criteria rubric for online discussions to increase student success and reduce instructor grading.
- Stop and Pause for Engagement in Online Video Lectures
- Streamlining Placement Testing with an Adaptive, Branched Exam
- Strengthening STEM Laboratory Assessment Using Learner Portfolio and Electronic Assessment
- Support Students to Use Multimedia in Discussion Forum
- Use a Guided Approach to Support Critical Thinking in Online Discussions
- Use a Reflective Online Discussion Activity to Help Students Solidify Learning
- Use Academic Challenges and Experiential Missions to Provide Learner Choice and Engage Students in Online Course Activities
- Use Criteria Starters to Develop Rubrics Based on Knowledge Levels to Provide Accurate Feedback to Students
- Use Digital Badges to Scaffold and Guide Student Learning
- Use Group Evaluation to Assess Group Work
- Use Large Language Models to Simulate Professional Roleplaying as Opportunity for Authentic Assessment
- Use Learner Created Videos for Student Engagement in a Flipped Classroom
- Use Mind Watch Journals to Reflect and Connect to Content
- Use Minute Paper to Evaluate Student Participation
- Use Online Debates to Enhance Classroom Engagement
- Use Rubric Rationale to Improve Student Performance on Peer Review Assignment
- Use Self Tests to Guide and Motivate Students’ Learning
- Use Student Created Discussion Prompts for Peer Review
- Use Video Self-Modeling Software to Strengthen Reading and Speaking Fluency
- Use Web Conferencing and Videos to Improve Interview Skills
- Use Word Clouds to Enhance Critical Thinking
- Using a Business Proposal to Develop Students’ Problem-Solving Skills and Entrepreneurship
- Using Buttons to Chunk Assignment Instructional Steps
- Using Collaborative Exams to Reinforce and Deepen Learning
- Using Images to Encourage Visual Creativity, Display Comprehension, and Application of a Lesson
- Using Low-Stakes Quizzes to Encourage Mastery
- Using Pre and Post-Tests to Close Gaps in Knowledge
- Using Standards-Based Rubrics to Facilitate Online Peer Assessment, Response, and Reflection
- Using Student Created Blogs as a Progressive Formative Assessment in an Online STEM Course
- Using Video Discussion Boards to Increase Student Engagement
- Using Zoom Polling Feature to Increase Student Engagement and Learning