Everything we do as instructors is for the benefit of students, but it's famously difficult to get a straight answer from students on how well we're doing. Mid-Semester Feedback is one method for gathering useful, insightful suggestions and comments from students at a time in the semester when adjustments can be made.
Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been a massive increase in students requesting disability accommodations. Explore the data behind this trend, and learn what the UAF Disability Services office recommends to make your class more accessible.
Meaningful and equal collaboration between students and instructors can be a transformative experience for both parties, but achieving that goal often seems elusive. This teaching tip explores the possibilities of pedagogical partnership programs as one tool to build successful partnerships in the context of the UAF Center for Teaching and Learning's LEAP program.
A new drop-in fiber arts meet-up every Thursday afternoon from 2-4 PM.
Come explore the parallels between handiwork and academic work and reflect on the practices of learning, teaching, and mentoring that they share.
After four semesters of engaging UAF students and faculty in the LEAP program, several insightful bits of advice on course design are presented from the student point of view.
This teaching tip serves as an introduction to the concept of Regular and Substantive Interactions, part of new Federal regulations concerning online education, and offers helpful and specific advice to instructors who are looking to transform their current course into one that not only meets the new regulations, but also increases student success, all while being efficient with the instructor's time.
[This article is an update on a 2019 Teaching Tip by Janene McMahan. People at the University of Alaska have been using Grackle for over 3 years now, but the interface has changed a bit since the original article was…
Auto-generated captions use a speech-to-text engine to transcribe audio. They have greatly improved over the past few years and are usually 90-95% accurate given clear audio quality, a Standard American English accent, and one speaker speaking at a time. However,…
Both Blackboard and Canvas will be in use this semester. Learn what the university is doing to help students have a smooth semester start, and make your own communication plan.
Content organization functions differently in Canvas than it does in Blackboard. Students will easily learn to navigate your course when you thoughtfully design how your content is presented.
Learn how disability accommodations work at UAF in a new series hosted by UAF Disability Services, the UA Human Resources ADA office and UAF CTL.
Spring Break Series: March 8th-11th,1:00-2:00pm “UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu” You have almost certainly seen this tagline – it’s at the bottom of every university website and publication. But…