SpeedGrader makes it easy to evaluate individual student assignments and group assignments quickly. SpeedGrader displays assignment submissions for active students...
This article originally appeared in Bonni Stachowiak’s Toward Better Teaching: Office Hours Column on EdSurge. It is reposted here with...
Usability, findability, and visual design are critical aspects of the way your students experience your course. A good student experience...
In the context of your courses, accessibility means making it possible for all students, regardless of physical or developmental impairment,...
Backward design is a very useful model for designing courses for face-to-face, hybrid. or online settings. Wiggins and McTighe, in...
If you’re to the putting it together stage we’re going to presume you already have the following: Clear and measurable learning outcomes Assessments that...
For a student, the beginning of a new semester can be both exciting to start fresh and frightening to not...
Compare Learning Outcome Models Wiggins and McTighe’s (2005) backward design model “Understanding by Design” also includes a taxonomy that integrates cognitive, affective,...
A syllabus is both a map of your course and an agreement between you and your students. It’s a resource...
A syllabus serves many functions in a class. In The Course Syllabus: A Learning Centered Approach (2008, 2nd Ed.) Judith Grunert O’Brien,...
Learning outcomes guide your course design. They are the destinations on your course map. Once you know where you’re going, the...
Alignment between assessments and desired learning outcomes is foundational if your assessments are to be valid. Just like in a...
In any type of course it is important for students to get frequent feedback on how they are doing. Are...
It is usually easier to adapt or use existing materials than it is to design your own materials from scratch....
As you design your course based on your desired learning outcomes, it is important to think through what parts of...
In the framework of Backwards Design, learning activities include any type of activity that students undertake to work with the...
The concept of presence in teaching builds on the body of work on teaching and learning including Dewey, Chickering and...
Communicating with your students is the core of an online class. Active and timely communication supports teaching presence and when...
Group work is challenging for many students in a face-to-face class. When you add the extra layers of complication from...
Keeping students actively engaged with you, the content, and each other promotes student success. When students are observing, doing, communicating,...
