by Thomas Keith | Aug 1, 2024 | Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services, Universal Design for Learning
Successful pedagogy means more than just imparting information. For your course to achieve its aims, it’s vital that there be a meaningful human connection between you and your students. In this post, we’ll consider five steps that you can take to “humanize” your...
by Michael Hernandez | Jun 24, 2024 | Pedagogy
Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay Many educators would agree on the value of close, careful reading, engaged discussions, and writing that thoughtfully incorporates primary sources, but it can be challenging to support students in achieving these goals. This is...
by Michael Hernandez | May 17, 2024 | Instructional design
While much of the discourse on generative AI in higher education has concerned student use to circumvent learning goals, particularly for writing assignments like essays and reading responses, learning activities and concerns from disciplines involving other artifacts...
by Mohammad Ahmed | May 14, 2024 | Accessibility, How-tos, Instructional design, Services, Universal Design for Learning
This post is the second installment in a series on Universal Design for Learning. For more information, please see previous installments in this series. When you are designing assignments to help your class practice new concepts, you can set up your students for...
by Thomas Keith | May 7, 2024 | Accessibility, Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Digital Accessibility, How-tos, Instructional design, Panopto, Pedagogy, Services, Universal Design for Learning
To learn more about how to make your materials accessible, please see our other posts on digital accessibility. The author wishes to thank ATS instructional designers Joe Olivier and Cheryl Walker and Emily Baker of the Center for Digital Accessibility for valuable...