Come watch the MagnaPubs 20 Minute Mentor on “How Can I Grade in Less Time with Greater Impact?”. Listen to Amy Mulnix, the director of the Faculty Center at Franklin and Marshall discuss how to maximize your grading and feedback using less time. Dr. Mulnix will share her tips and tricks that have helped save…
Come watch Stephanie Delaney, PhD discuss transitioning 5 popular CATs from the face-to-face classroom to the Online classroom. We will watch the 20 Minute Mentor video and then discuss tips and tricks of using CATs in the Online classroom to help improve your teaching and student learning outcomes. Session objectives: List, define, and describe 5…
Come watch this interesting 20 Minute Mentor presentation from Magna Publications. After watching this video, we will have an interactive discussion about the recommendations from the video and best practices being used on campus at WesternU. Learning Objectives: List and discuss the reasons why college students struggle. Compare and contrast “college students’ with graduate-level…
Educating during the pandemic forced everyone to leverage technology and make major changes to their teaching strategies. David Betancourt, DMA, shares his experiences of teaching during the pandemic and poses questions to reflect on, such as: What did we learn about our teaching during this change in instructional learning? What could we take from the…
Discussion boards are a popular tool for online learning, but are they effective? Do they enrich the course? Come watch Stephanie Delaney, JD, PhD present this 20-Mintute Mentor from Magna Publication. After the video there will be time for discussion and share tips or experiences you may have with online discussion boards. Learning Objectives:…
Discussion boards have proven to be a valuable point of contact in online courses. However, too often, struggling to connect over online discussion boards leads to missed opportunities to encourage and engage with your students due to shallow engagement. This 20 Minute Mentor video by Nathan Pritts, Ph.D., will provide the basis for a facilitated…
Come join this facilitated discussion as we watch a 20 Minute Mentor video session led by Emily Dosmar, PhD - What Is Ungrading and How Can It Unleash Your Students' Potential? This session discusses what is ungrading, how it takes the pressure away from exams and how it can enable a pathway for learning throughout…
Come join this facilitated discussion as we watch a 20 Minute Mentor video session led by Emily Dosmar, PhD. This session, “What Are 7 Ways to Assess Students in an Ungraded Classroom?” builds upon the previous session on an Ungraded classroom. Ungrading is using assessments that seek to improve their content knowledge and skills rather…
As you wrap up the school year, learn how to reduce, reuse and recycle your course content for use next term and beyond. We will start with an excerpt of a-20-minute mentor video on how to save time and money by reusing (or repurposing) your existing online content. Then, learn how to leverage open educational…
This 20-minute mentor discusses authentic assessments that can best assess student learning. Assessment can be a scary word, but it doesn’t have to be. Instead, it should focus on letting faculty measure a student’s growth and how to tell if learning is taking place. Michael G. Strawser, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Central…