Tag: Teaching
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Creating Rubrics
Having a well-designed rubric for your course assignment can be a very useful tool, but as anybody who’s created rubrics can tell you, they’re not the easiest thing to design. In the past my approach has been to start with someone else’s rubric and adapt it for my purposes. I still think having examples and…
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Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-choice tests are usually seen as a less-than-desirable form of student assessment, but in some contexts (especially large classes) we find ourselves relying on these types of questions. Creating effective multiple-choice questions takes time and effort, but will be better indicators of student knowledge and understanding. In this blog post, I will provide some “best…
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Tech Tool Tuesday (2021-01-19)
Every Tuesday I recommend a fun tech tool, usually in the vein of educational technology (but not always!) Google Jamboard is a digital whiteboard where you can collaborate with students, colleagues – whomever you wish! Google does sell an actual physical unit for Jamboard, but anyone can use the online digital version. You can free-hand…
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Tech Tool Tuesday (2021-01-12)
Every Tuesday I recommend a fun tech tool, usually in the vein of educational technology (but not always!) Mentimeter is an audience response system which lets your create interactive presentations with real-time results! You can ask different types of questions and have your results viewed in a wide variety of formats, such as a word cloud,…
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Hexagonal Discussion
Last semester, in pursuit of a new approach to class discussion – a tried and true learning activity, but one which can start to feel a bit stagnant after a while – I came across something interesting. It’s called hexagonal thinking. Hexagonal thinking is essentially a visual way to create connections between concepts and elements…