cheating
Exam Design: Promoting Integrity Through Trust and Flexibility
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Mentimeter
NCLEX Prep Strategies in Non-Practice Courses
I have been asked to summarize what I have done this term to help my students prepare for the NCLEX at a faculty meeting on Wednesday. Typically the theoretical courses that I teach may not be not seen as predictive of NCLEX success. For a class like research, in particular, Read more…
Co-creation
Lessons from Movie Night in Class
The Idea Students in my teaching and learning class created the assignment expectations and rubrics for the final assignment in the course on discharge teaching. The intent was twofold: (a) to have them demonstrate teaching skills and (b) to help them prepare for the NCLEX. They started with a basic Read more…
TESS2019
Designing Quality Online Courses: Research and Application of the UXDL Framework
Students like a mixture of media types. I find it important to note that not all students like video. The presenters said that if you are going to use video as the only way to communicate something there should be a good reason for it – and you need to Read more…
Innovation
Nuggets of Wisdom from Block A at #TESS2019 about VR, Overcoming Hurdles of UDL, and Course Design.
Virtual Reality I am really interested in exploring virtual reality in my practice. The question is – where do we start? Awareness is one place to start. As with any innovation the place to start should be with the purpose of the video. If it makes sense to make a Read more…
Innovation
Ken Steele Speaker Session: Innovative Futures: Higher Education Trends towards 2040
I am excited to get to her Ken talk about innovation today in person. I really love his strategy for knowing when to collect responses – he says he treats it like popcorn. When the responses stop coming in he knows he may burn it and moves on. So cute. Read more…
Feedback Focused Assessment
Family or Grades?
Tomorrow I have a midterm exam (worth 20%). Today I found out that my son has speech and language delays (likely due to poor hearing). The only time to get parental training to help him this month is tomorrow. The timing of the midterm overlaps with the training. So, I Read more…
LU Teaching and Learning Days 2019
Teaching with Compassion (Victoria Kannen)
Victoria led an engaging discussion about the complexities of teaching with compassion. Below are a few notes from the discussion. Compassion What is compassion in the classroom? What does it look like? Understanding: What are students Considering the influence of daily lives. Being available to discuss suffering Victoria talked about Read more…
LU Teaching and Learning Days 2019
Universal Design for Learning (Sarah, Kelly and Roberta Heale) #enseignementUL #LUTeaching @LULCoffeehouse @LaurentianU
Universal design (or inclusive design) is part of my own goals as well as Cambrian’s strategic plan. The opportunity to hear perspectives on the topic is something I always like to dive into. Practice what you preach! This video is a gem that I use when teaching students how to Read more…
