Description In order to build the scaffolding for learning, students need to acquire knowledge to build from. Lectures and chapter reading assignments can make current Instructional Designers cringe, but often times it is a time-efficient strategy to deliver content. What the authors of Make it Stick illustrate so well is that often when learners listen …
Continue reading “Use a Reflective Online Discussion Activity to Help Students Solidify Learning”
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Active Learning,
Assessment,
Constructivism,
Discussions,
Feedback,
Lecture,
Peer Learning,
Piazza,
Questioning,
Reading,
Reflection
Description One of the major challenges in higher education is for students to find relevance and value in the content they are learning in the classroom (Ambrose, 2010). This extends to the online discussion, where students sometimes do not see the value in actively participating the discussion and do the bare minimum to complete the …
Continue reading “Encourage Authentic Learning in Online Discussions through Photovoice”
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Anthropology,
Authentic Learning,
Discussions,
Interaction,
Photovoice
Description Changing the culture of the online university classroom from one of passivity to active engagement requires purposeful planning by the university professor (Kuh, 2005). Related to the so-called “minute paper,” exit slips offer easy, quick, and informative assessments that help encourage student connections to content, self-reflection, and a purpose for future learning (Marzano, 2012; …
Continue reading “Require Online Exit Tickets for Active Engagement”
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Assessment,
Feedback,
Formative,
Image,
Muddiest Point,
Reflection,
Visual
Description With the rapid growth of technologies and the appearance of social media the potential of technology-supported PBL seems significant, since it can be used to enrich interactions between students and reduce the time constraints of the traditional classroom. Social media tools are used in many institutions for educational purposes in numerous, innovative ways even …
Continue reading “Use Social Networking Tools to Facilitate Small Group Problem-Based Learning”
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Collaborative Learning,
Facebook,
Interaction,
Problem-Based Learning,
Social Media,
Web2.0
Description Research suggest that faculty interacting with and providing constructive feedback to students were significantly and positively related to students’ learning gains in professional skills (Bjorklund, Parente, & Sathianathan, 2004). If students work on an assignment which does not exemplify the best they can do to meet the assignment criteria, they are allowed to revise …
Continue reading “Provide Formative Feedback for Student Success in Interactive Assessments”
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Assessment,
Feedback,
Formative,
Multiple Submissions,
Programming
Description Developing oral communication skills is included as a learning objective for many general education programs and courses, however, implementation and assessment of such skills varies by course and instructor (Sapia et al., 2020). Different forms of oral communication are incorporated into online introductory or upper-level courses. These include synchronous discussions as well as more …
Continue reading “Encourage Transparency and Accountability for Group Oral Presentations”
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Collaborative Learning,
Communication,
Interaction,
Peer-Reviewed Entry,
Presentation
Description Large Language Models (LLMs) that generate text, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, can support authentic assessment by facilitating opportunities for professional roleplaying. ChatGPT responds to user prompts in a conversational structure, and it builds on previous content as the dialogue continues. In an asynchronous online environment, this immediate feedback can simulate a live conversation. Therefore, …
Continue reading “Use Large Language Models to Simulate Professional Roleplaying as Opportunity for Authentic Assessment”
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Assessment,
ChatGPT,
Generative Artificial Intelligence,
Large Language Models,
Learning Activities,
Peer-Reviewed Entry,
Scaffolding
Description GitHub Classroom is a tool that allows teachers to manage assignments using Github, a version control system that allows for collaboration and tracking of changes to code and text. Using GitHub Classroom can enhance teaching in computer science and non-computer-science (non-CS) courses where students must code or write a text. Still, it is becoming …
Continue reading “Facilitating Scaffolding and Team Projects in Non-Computer Science Courses with GitHub Classroom”
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Active Feedback,
Content,
Economics,
GitHub Classroom,
Group Work,
Peer-Reviewed Entry,
Scaffolding Projects
Description Roleplays are an active learning technique in which students take on the roles of particular stakeholders in a situation they are learning about in order to explore a problem and consider solutions (Beckmann & Mahanty, 2016). Roleplays are commonly used in higher education to introduce students to course content in such a way that …
Continue reading “Bringing Roleplays into the Online Course Environment by Writing Scripts”
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Active Learning,
Content,
Peer-Reviewed Entry,
Role Play
Associate Professor, Chattanooga State Community College
