In the era of remote learning, student group chats should be encouraged—not regarded with suspicion and punished. They carry many benefits for both faculty and students, promoting peer learning and providing a source of community… Read More »Humanizing Higher Education Through Group Chats
If like me you hate grading, you might be interested to read about some approaches to “labor-based” grading that I’ve been trying—including some of the struggles and questions I’ve had. But first, like an internet… Read More »Labor-based Grading and Lowering the Stakes
My plan is to have a series of mini blogs to talk about authentic assessment, my Hub Affiliate program. In this first one, I would introduce what is authentic assessment. I will share a couple… Read More »Authentic Assessment (I): What is authentic assessment and why use authentic assessments in your class?
As I’ve engaged with fellow Hub affiliates (and read more about their projects on this blog!), I am genuinely inspired by their work. It seems every time I think about my teaching, I realize how… Read More »Oral Presentations: from Aristotle to Zoom
This blog was written by Michael MacDonald as part of the work for the Hub Affiliates program. For decades, teacher-scholars with liberatory dispositions have questioned how grading systems in higher education have long been “presented… Read More »Labor-based Grading – A Short Annotated Bibliography Chapter One: The Bicameral Mind
This blog was written by Katie LaCommare, with the help of Sarah Silverman and Autumm Caines, as part of the work for the Hub Affiliates program. Gateway courses need transformation A student, let’s call her… Read More »Thinking of transforming your introductory course? Try a case study (or two or three)
My HUB Affiliate project is deeply rooted in my work on the College and University Pantries (CUP) Research team. Through this work, I’ve come to understand that college, which is often thought of as a… Read More »Education, Class Mobility, and Pedagogy
This year, I’m fortunate to be a UM-Dearborn Hub Faculty Affiliate. My project centers upon students as partners, an approach to learning and teaching that, unbeknownst to me until recently, has actually been integral to… Read More »Reimagining Students as Partners, A Love Letter