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I stopped having my students take written exams in my classes several years ago. Most of my classes emphasize both project-based learning and the development of critical thinking skills. Research on student learning shows many… Read More »Use of Reflections in Asynchronous Online Engineering Courses
University of Michigan recently announced in house access and support to generative AI for all three campuses – specifically access to large language model (LLM) chatbots. Three tiers of access were announced U-M GPT, U-M… Read More »Demystifying U-M’s AI Offerings: Part 1
The assessment that my students initially fear often becomes a favorite assignment, for some, by the time we reach end-of-term evals. I first heard of oral exams from UM-Dearborn colleague Amy Brainer years before the… Read More »Using Oral Exams to Connect with your Students
In 2021, with the help of student collaborators, Ben Wielechowski created the Open Educational Resources (OER) textbook, Introduction to Narrative Journalism. Wielechowski and some of his students are featured in the recent Wolverzine, a campus… Read More »Students as OER Partners
~By Associate Professor of English Literature Shelly Jarenski This post is part of a series from the Hub Department Liaisons Program, Winter 2023 Focus: Offline/Online Teaching Strategies I have what I suspect might be an unpopular opinion: I… Read More »Confessions of a Blissful Online Instructor (And Can We Help Students Feel the Same?)
During the last months, Generative AI (GenAI) has dominated many conversations about teaching and specifically ChatGPT is mentioned very often. There has been so much new information every day with different details about ChatGPT that… Read More »Do you need a Syllabus Statement for ChatGPT?
I stopped using traditional tests in all my classes about seven years ago. Having students take two or three large exams in a course, may do an OK job of getting summary assessment information. I… Read More »Blog Post: No More Tests: Assessing Students in Asynchronous Online Courses
At the end of the Spring 2023, there was a virtual faculty panel about Open Education Resources (OER) with campus faculty. Six faculty members from UM-Dearborn shared their experiences applying for OER grants, writing OER… Read More »OER Faculty Panel
For the last several years the Hub has invited a scholar of teaching and learning to interact with our campus to focus on important topics in a deeper way than a single keynote or workshop.… Read More »The Hub’s Fall 2023 Scholar in Residence is Dr. Bonni Stachowiak focusing on ChatGPT and GenAI
~By Vadym V. Pyrozhenko, Associate Professor of Public Administration; Director, Master of Public Administration and Policy A very familiar challenge of teaching students with different levels of abilities and motivation becomes more onerous in mixed… Read More »Teaching mixed graduate/undergraduate classes: contexts, tools, and strategies