There are many advantages to using multiple choice (MC) questions as an evaluation / assessment strategy. They are easy to set up, easy to mark, and allow teachers to cover a wide range of topics. There are usually past assessments that can be used as reference to create new questions for tests. Multiple choice questions […]
Formative and Summative Assessment
Definition of formative and summative assessment and what is the difference between them? Assessments allow both teacher and student to (a) monitor progress towards achieving learning objectives (b) improve the teaching and learning progress. As both formative and summative assessments have a distinct purpose, they are used simultaneously in educational settings. See also: How to […]
How Can We Align Learning Objectives, Instructional Strategies, and Assessments?
What is course alignment When a course is being designed, it is important to ensure that ensure that these three components of your course are aligned. In order to align various components of the course module, we must clearly define alignment itself. Alignment is when there is consistency across the program with precise connections between […]
Teaching with Blogs
What are blogs? Blogs are social media platforms that let users share thoughts and opinions with a genuine, organic audience, allowing the blog writer to easily communicate with that audience. Blogs typically read like a diary entry and contain a sequence of entries sorted from newest to oldest. Blogs may cover a variety of subjects, […]
How To Design A Course
This article includes tips on designing and building a course. Allow enough time to carefully plan and revise content for a new course. Careful planning will make teaching easier and more enjoyable. Talk with other teachers who have taught similar content and discuss various strategies as well as student reactions to the material, etc. In […]
Concept Maps and How To Use Them
Concept maps help our brains take in information, mostly when there is visual information. The maps help us to see the big picture along with the connected and related data. They also help us focus on planning and making decisions of what we have learned and already know and what still needs to be learned […]
Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
What is Problem-Based Learning (PBL)? PBL is a student-centered approach to learning that involves groups of students working to solve a real-world problem, quite different from the direct teaching method of a teacher presenting facts and concepts about a specific subject to a classroom of students. Through PBL, students not only strengthen their teamwork, communication, […]
Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT)
Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) is an innovative approach to education that integrates real-life and virtual instruction to maximize the efficacy of both. This teaching method is created by a team led by university professor Gregor Novak. This model involves a two-step series of learning activities: Students complete a focused set of activities (e.g., reading from the […]
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Write Effective Learning Objectives: The ABCD Approach
Learning objectives can be identified as the goals that should be achieved by a student at the end of a lesson. The objectives of a lesson describe the base knowledge and skills we want our students to learn from our lesson. Simply put it’s what the student can do after they unit has been introduced. […]
Inclusive Teaching Strategies
What is inclusive teaching and education? Inclusivity in the classroom is a key issue, as students come from a diverse range of backgrounds and bring a variety of learning styles, abilities, and experience to each course. Teachers may find themselves facing complex questions such as “how do I make education more accessible and equitable for […]