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Combating Academic Dishonesty, Part 3: Towards a Pedagogy of Academic Integrity
In this post, we continue our discussion of academic dishonesty in higher education and how it can best be prevented. Part 1 of this series looked at the evidence for dishonest behavior by students and explored some of the factors that can either promote or inhibit...

Combating Academic Dishonesty, Part 2: Small Steps to Discourage Academic Dishonesty
In this post, we continue our discussion of academic dishonesty in higher education and how it can best be prevented. Part 1 of this series looked at the evidence for dishonest behavior by students and explored some of the factors that can either promote or inhibit...

Social Annotation Beyond the Classroom: Use the Hypothes.is Chrome Plug-in for Research and Instruction
Hypothes.is Beyond the Classroom As a social annotation tool, Hypothes.is enables instructors and students alike to engage in collaborative reading and idea-generating activities across course content and openly accessible web-based materials. As a research tool and...

Combating Academic Dishonesty, Part 1 – Understanding the Problem
The Aims of This Series Academic dishonesty – a term that encompasses a wide range of behaviors, from unauthorized collaboration and falsifying bibliographies to cheating on exams and buying pre-written essays – is a serious problem for higher education. Left...

Promote Your Professional Growth with LinkedIn Learning
What Is LinkedIn Learning? LinkedIn Learning at UChicago is a free service for the entire UChicago community. LinkedIn Learning is a leading online learning company that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and...

Attend Axe-con 2022!
Axe-con, a virtual conference that focuses on digital accessibility, will be held March 15th to 17th, 2022. Developers, designers, business users, and accessibility professionals of all experience levels are welcome to attend this free conference. Come join Academic...

Collaborative Close Reading in Remote, Hybrid, and Face-to-Face Instruction: Part 3 (Graduate Training)
This is the third installment in a three-part series about social annotation. Part 1 explored social annotation in the context of teaching in the undergraduate Core: "Part 1 (Teaching in the Core)”; part 2 focused on a variety of language pedagogy contexts: “Part 2...

New Archiving Policy for Panopto Videos Begins Jan. 3, 2022
Beginning Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, Panopto is enacting a new default video archiving policy. The archiving of identified videos will begin January 14, 2022. Under the terms of this policy, any Panopto video that has not been viewed in thirteen months will automatically...

Request Your Course Blog Now for Winter Quarter 2022
Winter Quarter 2022 is almost here, and now is the perfect time to request a course blog for your Winter course. Course blogs are a powerful tool for stimulating student creativity and can fill many different roles within your pedagogy, from discussion boards to...

Poll Everywhere Activities and Resources
This post focuses on Poll Everywhere as a tool for student engagement. For more on Poll Everywhere at UChicago, please visit the Poll Everywhere service page and consider registering for the upcoming workshop “Poll Everywhere Faculty Discussion” to be held on December...