WebCampus makes it easy for students to submit their work to you in one central online location and makes it easy for instructors to manage submissions and provide feedback and grades. Most ...

Do exams still serve a purpose? Could tests be replaced by project-based work? How do we move beyond grades to more meaningful demonstrations of learning? On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community ...

Online learning students, like any other students, like to spend time procrastinating before they get to completing assignments given in class. Many teachers struggle to come up with tasks and ...

Many instructors approach assignment design with a "product" focus—that is to say, the choices they make about their assignments (frequency; genre; difficulty; grading scheme; etc.) are oriented ...

There are many designs for learning activities. Some are fairly common, such as labs, studios, and group problem-solving. Others might include complex tasks or specialized materials. You may want to ...

But this advice is largely about knowledge transmission. It’s not about student engagement and learning. What can we do to advance and assess student learning? Let me suggest some activities and ...

Although assignments from other institutions must often be tailored to fit the needs of specific Brandeis courses, there is a large and rapidly growing online library of materials to draw from. A ...

An Environmental Studies professor designs an undergraduate-level critical thinking course on Sustainable Food Systems to promote engaged student learning. ENVS 3525-002 Sustainable Food Systems is a ...

The last bell rang. The halls are silent and students have been dismissed for the school year into the warm summer sun. It’s time for a well-needed break from structured learning and time to engage in ...