Category Archives: Assessment

Examples of Alternative Assignments

In many of my online courses I allow students to demonstrate their learning through alternative assignments.  Examples of these include powerpoint or keynote presentations, podcasting, pdfbooks and glogs.  A special thanks to the students who granted me permission to use their … Continue reading

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Peer Editing…Reading Comprehension

Heather and I continue our discussion about Peer Editing.  In this conversation, the topic of reading comprehension is explored. Heather: One thing other lab instructor in my department and I are beginning to wonder is if our students comprehend what … Continue reading

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On Peer Editing…

The following is part of an ongoing collegial conversation I’ve been having with Heather, a 2012 graduate student in the MSSE Program.  She has spent 18 years as a microbiology laboratory instructor at a Canadian university, but prior to that

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