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Month: October 2022

October Staff Spotlight: Krissy Wilson

Staff Spotlight: Krissy Wilson
This month, we’re spotlighting Senior Learning Designer Krissy Wilson! In the interview below, Krissy tells us more about her work with Distance Learning.

How long have you worked here? How did you come to join the DL team / get involved in distance education?…

Some Strategies for Using the Quiz Tool in Canvas

Using the Canvas quiz tool for frequent, low-stakes formative assessments allows students to get feedback immediately. There are many strategies for using the quiz tool in Canvas for course design and teaching. Instructors can:

create a graded/ungraded knowledge check quiz to highlight important concepts at the end of the module.…

You belong here: Building an equitable and inclusive online learning community 

Students must feel like they belong in online learning communities
David Noffs and I recently presented at the 19th ICQI (International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry) Virtual Conference on the topic of Building an Equitable and Inclusive Online Learning Community. As learning designers in the Distance Learning Department at Northwestern’s School of Professional Studies, we are interested in investigating the mechanics of this phenomenon in order to help educators and other learning designers apply it effectively in their practice. …