Activity 7.3 Bookends, Overlays, and Interleaves Map Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Engaging Students. Definition A Bookends, Overlays, and Interleaves Map is a graphic organizer for planning out an interactive class session that involves both lectures and active learning activities. Purpose and …
Activity 6.1 The Visual Design Inventory Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Attending to Visual Elements in Teaching. Definition The Visual Design Inventory is an informal quiz intended to identify your ability to spot visual problems with a design. This instrument presents 10 …
Activity 6.2 Visual Design Critique Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Attending to Visual Elements in Teaching. Definition A Visual Design Critique is a process of analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of visual design elements in instructional materials such as handouts, presentations or …
Activity 6.3 How It Started/How It’s Going Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Attending to Visual Elements in Teaching. Definition In How It Started/How It’s Going, you choose one visual element from your class to improve, use a design principle to change it, …
Activity 5.3 Assessment Plan Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Assessing and Grading Learning. Definition In this activity, you will create an Assessment Plan by using a template that asks you to align course objectives with appropriate assessment methods, describe strategies for providing …
Activity 5.2 Pros and Cons Assessment Analysis Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Assessing and Grading Learning. Definition The Pros and Cons Assessment Analysis prompts you to think through the benefits and challenges of your biggest assessment for the term. Purpose and Goal …
Activity 5.1 Learning Assessment Diagnostic Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Assessing and Grading Learning.Definition The Learning Assessment Diagnostic is a 12-question multiple-choice quiz focused on various areas of learning assessment designed to help you identify gaps in your assessment-related knowledge base, increase …
Activity 4.2 Goals to Objectives Concept Map Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Identifying Significant Learning Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes. Definition In this Goals to Objectives Concept Map activity, you will create a mind map to illustrate the connection between learning goals and …
Activity 4.1 The Learning Goals Inventory Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Identifying Significant Learning Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes. Definition The Learning Goals Inventory (LGI) is a survey with four parts: Course Information, Learning Goals Rating Scale, Learning Goals Self-Assessment and Responder Characteristics. …
Activity 3.1 You Might Be a Constructivist If Inventory Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Understanding Student Learning. Definition The You Might Be a Constructivist If Inventory is an informal assessment that consists of two parts: 1) a brief questionnaire to help you …
Activity 3.2 What Would You Do (WWYD) Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Understanding Student Learning. Definition The prompt for WWYD asks you to think through what you would do when setting out to learn something new. Purpose and Goal As instructors, it …
Activity 3.3 Steps-in-a-Process Start Activity | About the BookAbout this Activity Set If you’ve not yet done so, watch the intro video for this activity set, Understanding Student Learning. Definition A Steps-in-a-Process Diagram is an example of a graphic organizer, a category of useful tools for building knowledge and organizing information. In this activity, you analyze the steps involved in …
