Students considering taking their first online course may worry about the types of assignments they will encounter. In particular, those who are accustomed to face-to-face education may not know what ...

Online assignments can be very instrumental in enhancing the effectiveness and output of teaching. However, it seems difficult at times about the right ways and kinds of assignments one can employ in ...

The tests and assignments hold as much importance in the online teaching mode as in the physical teaching and need to be incorporated with the right strategy and purpose. These can be used for both ...

One of the best parts of of being a union president is that you get invited to new faculty orientation and similar events every year, so you get to meet new colleagues from all over campus. This year, ...

If you’ve never taught a course online, chances are you’ve never considered how you might adjust your tests and assignments to suit the electronic medium. At most, you’ve probably shuddered at the ...

Image Credit: Shutterstock/FAMILY STOCK. More schools are requiring students to use online platforms for assignments, and many families are starting to question how ...

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 ...

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 ...