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Not a temporary lifeline: How to scale online education to match student demand

University Business

Creating high-quality online courses involves leveraging subject matter expertise, developing policies and infrastructure and investing in resources, support and—of course—technology for students and faculty. The college was an early pioneer of remote education, using video conference technology as early as 1996.

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Reflecting on Feedback and Insights from the 2023 WCET Annual Meeting

WCET Frontiers

(@KPaige72) October 28, 2023 I asked some of the WCET leadership and friends to share takeaways and topics that threaded through the entire event (especially those that will impact higher education and digital learning next year). Stay tuned for more information on our future events! Thank you again for the feedback on our event.

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BookSnaps for Enhancing Student Learning

Faculty Focus

Think, for instance, of how famous images encapsulate the meaning of historical events. Instead of simply taking a photo of a concert, the overlays add the user’s feelings and thoughts about the event. In history courses, students can take a picture of a timeline and identify turning points or key events.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Reenactments : Students might create a reenactment of an event they took in their history course or any past event such as a political agreement.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Reenactments : Students might create a reenactment of an event they took in their history course or any past event such as a political agreement.

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BookSnaps for Enhancing Student Learning

Faculty Focus

Think, for instance, of how famous images encapsulate the meaning of historical events. Instead of simply taking a photo of a concert, the overlays add the user’s feelings and thoughts about the event. In history courses, students can take a picture of a timeline and identify turning points or key events.

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The Power of Choice: Unlocking Student Engagement in the Online Classroom

Faculty Focus

Assignment options included: online discussions journals research analyses video explorations current event analyses This approach meant that, by the end of the course, students had completed three of each assignment type and 15 mastery quizzes. The five assignment options provided a diverse array of opportunities for student engagement.