One of the cool things about this Center for Instructional Excellence gig has been learning about the Faculty Excellence Awards process. Another cool thing is to learn how the awards are evolving in response to the pandemic and other changes. Up until...
And that’s a wrap! Thanks to those who attended last week’s Friday Forum based on The New Science of Learning by Todd Zakrajsek, our keynote presenter at the October Conference. Returning to Zakrajsek’s book closed the loop on our CIE programming for the...
Here are a couple of things to remember as we approach the end of the semester: Commencement is back. After being changed to a drive-through event in 2020, then a walk-through event in 2021, then an optional event in 2022, commencement is once again a required...
When sociology instructor Rachel Wilczewski introduced her Race and Ethnicity course last fall, she was a little apprehensive. She developed the course because it is a standard sociology offering at other institutions and the course transfers well. Moreover, it was...
Grading for Growth Many of us have been following the work of Nick Roster, who is exploring innovative grading practices in his classes. This free newsletter by two Grand Valley profs covers the same topics: specifications grading, standards-based grading, ungrading,...
