by Allison Kallo | Sep 23, 2021 | Instructional design
After going through a pilot phase, two digital pedagogy tools, Hypothesis and Ed Discussion, have been approved as enterprise services for the entire University. Both tools will continue to be available for use in courses for the 2021 Autumn Quarter and beyond. These...
by Cecilia Lo | Sep 1, 2018 | Instructional design
What are Blogs? Why use them as Assignments? A blog (the shortened version of the original term, “weblog”) is an online, chronological collection of first-person reflective essays that are often linked to supportive writings and media on the internet. Many instructors...
by Cecilia Lo | Aug 31, 2018 | Instructional design
UChicago offers a variety of platforms to students, faculty and staff for storing and sharing files. Among these, Google Drive and Box are the most useful for teaching purposes as they are FERPA compliant and have features that support collaboration. Below is a...
by Cecilia Lo | Aug 30, 2018 | Instructional design
What are Wikis? Why use them as Assignments? Wiki is a collection of web pages that can be viewed and modified collaboratively via the internet. It is usually used for repository or reporting information and has versioning capabilities. Since it is an online...
by Cecilia Lo | Aug 15, 2018 | Instructional design
What are rubrics? Why use them? Rubrics specify the qualities or processes that must be exhibited in order for a given piece of work to be assigned a particular evaluative rating (Peter McDaniel, Understanding Educational Measurement). They provide a guide for both...
