The story of a Quality Matters Certified course

The instructional design team is pleased to announce a Political Science course we have supported has received official Quality Matters recognition!  This is only the third course at Rutgers to do so, and the first within the School of Arts & Sciences! (We featured the course’s instructor, Dan Herman in the video featurette below.) How does a course get Quality…

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Paper Prototyping Games for Learning

I attended a session at the Emerging Learning Design Conference titled “Paper Prototyping Games for Engaged Investigations and Fun in any Subject.”  The presenters, Teresa Slobuski and James Morgan, from San José State University, point out that building board games can get students talking about a particular subject in a creative and fun way. The…

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Textbook Alternatives

By using alternatives to traditional textbooks, instructors have the power to help students save money on a rising “hidden” cost in higher education.

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BlendKit 2016 Week 3: Blended Assessments of Learning

This week’s BlendKit topic is everyone’s favorite: assessments.  Assessments are the most critical components to any course, whether face-to-face, blended, or online.  After weeks or months of planning and prepping, you finally have the chance to see whether students are “getting it.”  Are they really understanding the material?

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Assessments do not always mean exams

On April 28, I attended the Rutgers-Camden Faculty eLearning Conference. The event showcases faculty use of instructional technology in specific, concrete ways.   This year, many presenters demonstrated alternative tools for gauging and assessing student learning— without using exams!

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