Alternative Assessments using UDL

Alternative Assessments using UDL

In late February, the Educational Technology Organization of Michigan (ETOM) hosted a virtual workshop on Alternative Assessments using Univeral Design for Learning. We were excited to have Lillian Nave lead the workshop and present so many wonderful examples and...
Developing Metacognition by Modeling with Contextual Frameworks

Developing Metacognition by Modeling with Contextual Frameworks

Metacognition means, simply, thinking about one’s thinking and realizing if you are comprehending what you are thinking.  Modeling thinking is one metacognitive approach to instruction that Buehl (2014) found increases student’s abilities to transfer or adapt their...
Sharing Showcase – Jason Slade Using GoPro’s

Sharing Showcase – Jason Slade Using GoPro’s

GoPRO’s serve many instructor and student needs Jason Slade has met the assessment challenge by using GoPRO’s (cameras that attach to your body) with his RAM120 robotics students.  He has figured out all kinds of uses for the GoPro that help not only students but...

January PD Day: Creating Significant Learning

Thanks to all faculty who attended the January PD day on Monday. We hope the overview of Dee Fink’s significant learning model was useful and helps you feel ready to write or revise your outcomes as well as link your assessments to your outcomes. Here are a...
The Long Night of Grading Got It Done!

The Long Night of Grading Got It Done!

[slideshow_deploy id=’11594’] A number of faculty gathered in the library on the last Thursday of the semester to pound out some final grading. Mark DeLonge and Ryan Bernstein were there to solve Moodle problems and Tina Ulrich helped with research...