By Jeff Schwartz, Instructional Designer; Stephen Riley, Director of Academic AssessmentAlmost immediately after the large-scale introduction of the ChatGPT chatbot late last year, tech companies (and at least one student)…
Written by Dr. Becca Ciancanelli, Director of Inclusive Teaching Practices, and Dr. Stephen Riley, Director of AssessmentImplicit bias can be sneaky. This term refers to the unconscious bias that forms…
By Jeff Schwartz, Instructional Designer While much of the research into the stress of finals rightly focuses on students, the end of the term can be just as stressful for faculty.…
By Karen Swanson, previous OTL Director of Faculty Learning Groups and ScholarshipOne of my favorite authors is Stephen Brookfield who wrote Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher (2017). The definition of…
By Dr. Sabine Lang and Lexi Schlosser, OTL Faculty Developer of Online Learning Last week, we talked about oral exams as a means of assessment in online courses. This week,…
By Dr. Sabine Lang and Lexi Schlosser, OTL Faculty Developer of Online Learning When thinking through assessment in online courses, are you considering how to observe students’ interactions with the…
By Christine Hood, Instructional DesignerSecondary Author: Amelia Gentile-Mathew, Instructional DesignerMany practices adopted in response to the pandemic may endure as we embark on post-emergency times. The shift to online learning…
Dear OTL,What advice can you share about how to assess student learning without an official finals week? I mean, I am already stressed out because the Winter and Spring quarters…
Dear DU Friends,We know everybody in our community is experiencing heavy cognitive and emotional loads from COVID-19, racial reckonings, climate change, and politics. If you find yourself overwhelmed and stressed,…
