Anne Marie Butler — Art History How do we form community? (This was a topic we discussed before the spring quarter began too, but we’re sure you have thought about it more now, and have additional ideas.) like I begin all my classes, in the online version we will continue in the first class to […]
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Rethinking assessment strategies in online courses: equity and honesty — Rick Barth
Years ago, when I was a young(er) faculty member at the College, Professor Gail Griffin of the English department was in that era’s equivalent of my current role. She made a pronouncement (she made so many) in a faculty meeting discussion that has remained with me clearly: “When a student cheats, it doesn’t mean they’re […]
What we have lost, and what remains — TLW Fall 2020
In the Teaching and Learning Workshop this morning, we spent some time in individual reflection around the question “What have I lost in this time of the pandemic, and what remains?”. When we shared our thoughts with each other, we notice themes of grief and mourning we share in common. First we noticed that our […]
Making a Connection with Assessment and Feedback — Rick Barth
FIDeLity Feedback L. Dee Fink, in a comprehensive article Integrated Course Design [1], sets out an actionable list of components for designing learning-centered course. When I read this piece as part of a summer online workshop, I was immediately struck by the approach to assessment and feedback described there and its similarity to what I […]
Form Community by Respecting Students’ Time — Josh Moon
There are many elements to forming community in an online course so I’m going to focus on one – time. I know one temptation is to utilize lots of synchronous time to form community. The more time together, more community, right? This is one area where the in-person experience does not translate to the online […]
Things I plan to try for Creating Community — Alyce Brady
I’m still thinking about how to use my synchronous time on Day 1 for creating community, but in the meantime I do have 3 ideas I’m planning to use: 1) Before spring quarter began, Sally Reed (Psych.) offered the suggestion to create a PowerPoint deck and have each student contribute a slide introducing themselves. I […]
TLW Library Resource List
Library website Library Faculty Support Page Library Resources for Faculty Five Things: Library Resources to Support Teaching Liaison Librarians Fine Arts (Art, Music, Theatre)–Robin Rank robin.rank@kzoo.edu Humanities (English, History, Philosophy, Religion)–Kelly Frost kelly.frost@kzoo.edu Languages–Robin Rank robin.rank@kzoo.edu Natural Sciences, Math, and P.E.–Leslie Burke leslie.burke@kzoo.edu Social Sciences–Ethan Cutler ethan.cutler@kzoo.edu
An Introductory Tour of #KTeachDev2020
K’s “online backbone” plan for fall courses is designed to provide the flexibility we need to keep community members safe while allowing students to continue to experience the hallmark features of a K education, whatever the public health situation brings. Designing effective courses that meet those goals is the singular challenge of our lives as educators. This year, in keeping with the challenges […]
Distance Learning on Insta: Using Instagram Posts & Stories to Co-create and Share Student Ideas — Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada
Here I share how I used Instagram as a replacement for slideshows and more traditional Moodle posts, allowing students to engage aesthetically and analytically with course materials in ways that felt personal and accessible. I’m sure we all have salient memories of March 13, that final day of classes at K when we knew coronavirus […]
Granting Access to Your Stream Videos
After you upload your video to Streams, you need to choose who will be able to access it. You can allow any user with a kzoo.edu account to see it, or you can limit access to individuals or groups of your choosing. Perhaps the most common way to do that is to grant access only […]