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Faculty Perspectives on AI-Enhanced Assessments: Insights, Strategies, and Best Practices

Posted by Angela Xiong

In our recent webinar series, AI and Assessment, Part 2, my colleague Lynn Healy and I hosted four faculty members over two days to share their experiences of integrating AI into assessments:
These four faculty members are:

Sheri Jacobsen – CLIN RES 400: Essentials of Initiating Clinical Research
Randy Hlavac – IDS 433: Content Strategy & Digital Marketing
Kimberly Pusateri, PhD – Health Science 315: Communication in Health Science
Martin Nieuwoudt, PhD – MSGH 410: Research Methodology

The panelists discussed strategies for leveraging AI to enhance learning while maintaining academic integrity and fostering critical thinking.…

Feedback and Gamification: How They Can Be Applied to An Online Course

Posted by Jacob Guerra-Martinez

In my first post on gamification, I talked about the difference between gamification and game-based learning. In the second, I gave some tips on how you can get more familiar with the idea of gamification. Now I would like to talk about the different kinds of concepts involved in gamification, and how they can be applied to your online course, starting with feedback.…

Creating Effective Assessments: A Case Study

Posted by Dolly Lemke

One of the hallmarks of a quality online course is alignment among learning objectives, instructional materials, and assessments to ensure critical course components work together so learners can achieve desired learning outcomes. This post illustrates how alignment drives the development and implementation of effective assessments.…

Scaling Assessments Using Zaption and draw.io

Posted by Jackie Wickham Smith

Recently, IMC Professor Judy Franks presented an interesting issue: her student evaluation feedback indicated that her students absolutely loved her course, but were overwhelmed with the workload. In addition, she was asked to teach three sections of the course in the upcoming quarter.…