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Why does higher education assessment work the way it does? How did we get here? Can we do better? The Big Idea program’s approach to assessment is a radical departure from current practice, designed to better encourage individual learning paths, support resilience and progress, and document learner’s mastery of ambitious learning goals.
We want to thank our graduating student fellows for their contributions to data science, user experience design, software development, and more. See what’s next for them after completing their fellowship experience in our office.
ViewPoint and Problem Roulette, two digital tools in the Academic Innovation portfolio, received the 2019 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize (TIP) from the Office of the Provost at the “Enriching Scholarship” technology conference.
James DeVaney sits down with Syed Amaanullah, Senior Product Manager, and Vishal Chandawarkar, Product Management Fellow and current MBA student in the Ross School of Business, to demystify product management in an educational context.
They say that nobody graduates from the library… but it is also true that nobody graduates without the library. That statement is now truer than ever, with the University Library supporting innovative teaching and learning to help students (and faculty) connect to knowledge and creativity in new ways. The projects described in this post also illustrate various ways to address the ambitious learning goals of the Big Idea Project, which is exploring new designs for undergraduate education.
Benjamin Morse and Rachel Niemer announce the 2019 Teach-Out Academy, while also reflecting on many of the collaborative projects stemming from last year’s Academy.
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