Author: Lirim Neziroski
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Semester Start Checklist for Online Instructors
Prepare for a new semester of online teaching with this new semester checklist.
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Online Access for Incomplete Grades
At the end of the semester, when a student is not able to complete all assignments or exams, or the student has extenuating circumstances such as an illness, the instructor has the option to extend the student’s assignment due date and assign an “Incomplete” grade for the course. Reasons for an Incomplete Reasons for assigning…
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Covid Effects on Instructional Technology and Course Design
I am writing a series of blog posts about the effects of Covid-19 on higher education. In this post, I explore the effects of Covid-19 on Instructional Technology departments, on instructional design practices, and on perceptions of online learning more broadly. Overall, the pandemic has created a great boom for instructional technology like video conferencing…
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Covid Effects on Experiential Learning
I am writing a series of blog posts about the effects of Covid-19 on higher education. In this post, I explore the effects of Covid-19 on experiential learning. Experiential learning is experience-based learning where students engage in active, hands-on learning. Examples include science labs, clinical skills labs and simulation centers, clinical courses, internships, service-learning, student…
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Covid Effects on Academic Assessment
I am writing a series of blog posts about the effects of Covid-19 on higher education. In this post, I explore the effects of Covid-19 on academic assessment, both on student assessment within individual courses and on program assessment for academic programs. This article is based on a presentation I delivered at the Illinois Community…