Tips on Efficient Grading
The link below will lead to a brief excerpt from the Walvoord and Anderson book: “Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning Assessment.” Many BCC faculty expressed an interest at the […]
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Upcoming Workshop on Student Writing
“CREATING WRITING ASSIGNMENTS THAT RESULT IN STUDENT PAPERS YOU WILL WANT TO READ” A Seminar with Dr. Susanmarie Harrington Director of Writing in the Disciplines and Professor of English, […]
PARCC – What is it, and how does it affect us?
It’s hard to keep straight all the initiatives on the federal, state, and regional levels that are aimed that college completion, student success, retention, career options, and so on. One […]
Learning Analytics Lessons from Moneyball (WCET Blog)
In the current assessment-focused environment of higher ed, it’s great to read something about baseball! What’s the connection? The movie “Moneyball” tells the story of the Oakland Athletics ball team, […]
About Eportfolios
Tim Dalton has written a thoughtful post on eportfolios. Now that eportfolios have reached some level of maturity, institutions that have adopted them encounter some definitional issues. If your institution […]
About Infographics
It seems that Infographics are sprouting like proverbial fungi around the Internet lately. COMMENTS PLEASE: How have you used, or could you see using, infographics in the classroom? The godfather […]
Food for thought: The Flipped Classroom
Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
Digital Education Infographic
Rich in information! Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
Share or Die: the Gen Y Economy
There is an emerging trend among those born between 1982 and 2002 – the sharing economy. It started with the Internet, Craigslist, Ebay, Couch-surfing, and Zipcars, and how now spread […]
High School Grad Rate Method Results in decreased rates
The Washington Post reports that schools across the country will see a 10-20% drop in HS grad rates due to a new federal mandate for how the rates are calculated: […]
