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Hub Blog
Blog Posts – Categories
Chronological
Use of Reflections in Asynchronous Online Engineering Courses
I stopped having my students take written exams in my classes several years ago. Most of my classes …
Teaching Tips
Using Oral Exams to Connect with your Students
The assessment that my students initially fear often becomes a favorite assignment, for some, by the…
Mental Health
Shadow Narrative
Preface. Once every three years, professors are asked to gather everything we have accomplished into…
Inclusive/Equity Teaching
Let’s Include All Our Students!
~ by Susan Theresa Gavell, Writing Program, LCC During my involvement with the Inclusive Teaching Le…
External Speakers
The Hub’s Fall 2023 Scholar in Residence is Dr. Bonni Stachowiak focusing on ChatGPT and GenAI
For the last several years the Hub has invited a scholar of teaching and learning to interact with o…
Tech Tips
Do you need a Syllabus Statement for ChatGPT?
During the last months, Generative AI (GenAI) has dominated many conversations about teaching and sp…
Generative AI
Demystifying U-M’s AI Offerings: Part 1
University of Michigan recently announced in house access and support to generative AI for all three…
Hub Programming
Confessions of a Blissful Online Instructor (And Can We Help Students Feel the Same?)
~By Associate Professor of English Literature Shelly Jarenski This post is part of a series&nbs…
Open Education
Students as OER Partners
In 2021, with the help of student collaborators, Ben Wielechowski created the Open Educational Resou…