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November Staff Spotlight: Student Workers
Staff Spotlight: Distance Learning Student Workers This month, we’re spotlighting our amazing student workers! Below, four of our student staff members share about their work with Distance Learning, favorite spots around campus, and more. Sia Cho Year / Major: Junior, … Read More
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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 … Read More
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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 … Read More
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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 … Read More
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September Staff Spotlight: Christine Scherer
Staff Spotlight: Christine Scherer This month, we’re spotlighting our Senior Instructional Learning and Accessibility Specialist (SILAS), Christine Scherer! In the interview below, Christine takes us behind the scenes of her work with Distance Learning. How long have you worked … Read More
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A Gallery of Ideas
Distance Learning responds to a need As we develop courses with instructors here at SPS (the School of Professional Studies), we often discover that instructors want to try something new as they assess student learning. They are tired of doing … Read More
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Giving and Getting Feedback
Research shows that students learn more effectively in online courses when an instructor gives consistent, timely feedback (Ramlall & Ramlall, 2016). Anyone who has developed a course with our DL team has discussed this as part of our process. We … Read More
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SPS Learning Designers Represent at TEACHx
TEACHx, a fun day set aside to explore teaching and learning, will be held on May 18, 2022, in the Norris Student Center. We encourage you to join the Distance Learning staff as we take some time out to … Read More
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Prior Learning Assessment Strategies at the Course Level
Defining Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is an approach to Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) that allows institutions of higher learning to “evaluate and formally recognize learning that has occurred outside of the traditional academic environment. It … Read More
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Psychological Safety in the Online Classroom
Introduction It goes without saying that all instructors, whether teaching in face-to-face, hybrid or online classrooms, have a vested interest in student engagement. What “counts” as engagement can encompass active participation in discussions, meeting with faculty, and — of course … Read More