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Building transparent assignments to advance student learning success: Strategies and tips
By Funmi Amobi, Oregon State University Center for Teaching and Learning Successful completion of course assignments is an important step toward the attainment of learning success. Yet, assignments that seem relevant, straightforward, and clear to an instructor may generate frustrating complaints from students such as: “Why are we doing this?” “This is just busy work.”…
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Empower your teaching: Winter ’25 professional development events
Teaching faculty, mark your calendars! Engage with colleagues in these events brought to you by the Center for Teaching and Learning. Check CTL Workshops & Events, Academic Technology Events, and Ecampus Online Teaching Workshops and Events for the latest updates and details about teaching-related professional development opportunities. Also see upcoming AI events and past recordings.…
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Resilient teaching and first-year students
By June Morris, OSU College of Education Leaving home and coming to college is fraught with anxiety over the many unknowns. Our first term freshmen grapple with being thrust overnight into a world where they don’t yet understand the norms that define college life. They may come to us as high school scholars, but that…
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