Online learning students, like any other students, like to spend time procrastinating before they get to completing assignments given in class. Many teachers struggle to come up with tasks and ...

WebCampus makes it easy for students to submit their work to you in one central online location and makes it easy for instructors to manage submissions and provide feedback and grades. Most ...

Generative AI is reshaping how students read, write, problem-solve, and generate ideas across disciplines. Some faculty try to “AI-proof” assignments, while other faculty design with AI in mind: ...

AI did not create shallow learning. It exposed how often we relied on proxies for understanding: correct answers, clean code, polished writing. Those proxies worked when producing them required ...

Do exams still serve a purpose? Could tests be replaced by project-based work? How do we move beyond grades to more meaningful demonstrations of learning? On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community ...

Many instructors approach assignment design with a "product" focus—that is to say, the choices they make about their assignments (frequency; genre; difficulty; grading scheme; etc.) are oriented ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. But this advice is largely about knowledge transmission. It’s not about student engagement and ...

While intentional design is essential for any type of course, it is particularly important for online courses. Online instructors may not be able to answer questions in real time or readily notice ...

There are many designs for learning activities. Some are fairly common, such as labs, studios, and group problem-solving. Others might include complex tasks or specialized materials. You may want to ...

In addition, educators from high-poverty districts are more likely to say they assign no homework at all. Twenty-eight percent of teachers from high-poverty K-12 systems say they don’t give those ...