Fellow Learning Designer Angela Liang Xiong and I recently had the opportunity to facilitate a webinar on creating AI-resistant prompts for assessments. I learned a lot while planning the webinar and want to share some highlights and key takeaways.
First, … Read More
After over a decade of dedicated and impactful work at Northwestern University, Senior Instructional Learning & Accessibility Specialist is bringing her knowledge and skills in accessibility improvements to the University of Michigan, where she’ll continue to give all learners access … Read More
Disclaimer: This post discusses use cases of generative AI and is not a Distance Learning policy or endorsement of generative AI nor specific products or services.
My role as a Senior Interaction Designer within … Read More
Our friends at Northwestern University Libraries consistently work to connect faculty, staff, and students to limitless portals of information and learning. Here are two subscriptions available as of 2024:
With the new all access subscription, … Read More
This month’s issue of our department’s newsletter, The DL Digest (subscribe here!) continued our exploration of SPS’ High Impact Teaching practices, focusing on feedback.
We asked four distance learning team members to share their favorite feedback styles with … Read More
In the Summer of 2024, Canvas introduced several significant improvements to its discussion and announcement features, offering enhanced usability, engagement, and productivity for both students and instructors. The enhancements … Read More
This August, we’re spotlighting Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs Kyle Einck. Kyle oversees the Biological Sciences and Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree programs, along with ten post-bacc programs and several additional certificates and concentrations.
How can AI help us create more personalized and meaningful authentic student assessments? Are we ready to embrace AI not just as a tool but as a creative partner in our course design?
These questions were posed when we recently … Read More
It takes a village to launch an online course – in addition to the Distance Learning Team, our courses are supported by staff from Graduate, Undergraduate, and Professional Development Programs. In the coming months, we’ll be spotlighting staff who work … Read More
