Tag: Learner Experience

How to Help Exhausted Students, Part 1

April 17, 2024 by Eva Grouling Snider, Carlos Lopez Mercado

Students are exhausted, but just how exhausted are they and why? Discover data from the Student Satisfaction Survey about student exhaustion and fatigue. If you ask your students how they’re feeling, it’s likely you’ll hear a chorus of “tired,” “exhausted,” or “low energy.” In this special two-part post, we’re going to explore the effects of […]

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Late Passes in Canvas: One Approach to Structured Flexibility

April 10, 2024 by Eva Grouling Snider

Configuring late passes in Canvas can offer students structured flexibility to support them in successfully completing your course. In a recent post, “Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Crisis: Why Balancing Flexibility and Structure in Course Policies Is Important,” Ellen Whitehead and Mellisa Holtzman shared their research about teaching practices adopted by faculty during the pandemic. […]

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Mind Over Monsters: An Interview with Author Sarah Rose Cavanagh on Compassionate Challenge

March 27, 2024 by Sarah Rose Cavanagh, Cheri Madewell

Read an interview with Sarah Rose Cavanagh, keynote speaker at the 2024 Teaching and Technology Summit. Researcher and author Sarah Rose Cavanagh opened the Ball State March 21-22 Teaching and Technology Summit with “Hope in a Time of Monsters: Supporting Student and Faculty Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge.” In the following post, Cheri Madewell, director of […]

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Upgrade Your Canvas Quizzes with a Stimulus Question

January 17, 2024 by Dan Jones

Create media-rich quizzes that are more engaging using the new Stimulus question type. Pop Quiz: Which Quiz Looks More Engaging, A or B? As seen in the examples above, adding media (images, photos, videos, audio files, diagrams, or charts) to a quiz question in Canvas can help you clarify concepts, provide context to questions, and engage […]

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Designing with the Learner in Mind: How I Use Canvas to Support My In-Person Students

January 5, 2024 by Sarah Ackermann

Learn how I leverage our institution’s learning management software as a crucial and effective resource for in-person teaching and learning. Bear with me as I take you on a little stroll down memory lane. How many of you remember the days when organizing and printing lengthy, spiral bound packets was the best (and perhaps only) […]

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Engage Your Learners’ Curiosity with a Course Podcast

December 6, 2023 by Cheri Madewell

Spark your students’ curiosity and sustain their interest in the course with a podcast made by you. Your students are probably listening to podcasts. A recent (2022) Pew Research Center survey found that two-thirds of Americans ages 18 to 29 listened to a podcast in the past 12 months. How might you tap into your […]

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Microlearning: The Game-Changer in Modern Education

November 29, 2023 by Carlos Lopez Mercado

Welcome to the world of microlearning, where learning is not just about consuming information but about how you consume it and how that consumption positively impacts your journey of knowledge acquisition. Microlearning 101 Five question knowledge check quizzes, an infographic on the nitrogen cycle in plants, or short video tutorials on tools in Photoshop—microlearning is […]

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Coyote Time: What Games Can Teach Us About Forgiveness in Learning

November 15, 2023 by Eva Grouling Snider

Video games often strike a balance between challenging players and forgiving them for not being perfect. How might forgiveness in games lead us to new insights about learning design? In platform video games – from the original Super Mario Bros. (1985) to more modern platformers like Celeste (2018) – you control a character who makes […]

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Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Crisis: Why Balancing Flexibility and Structure in Course Policies Is Important

October 25, 2023 by Ellen Whitehead, Mellisa Holtzman

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a need for flexibility in course schedules. In this post, we explore how to balance flexibility and structure in a way that leads to positive learning outcomes. “Can I still turn in this assignment even though it’s past the due date?” “I had an emergency come up and can’t make it […]

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Lessons Learned from the ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practices

October 18, 2023 by Eva Grouling Snider

Read reflections from Ball State faculty who completed ACUE’s Course in Effective Teaching Practices. Beginning in 2020, the Division of Online and Strategic Learning has supported a group of Ball State faculty, selected through an application process, to complete ACUE’s Course in Effective Teaching Practices. Delivered asynchronously through Canvas, this course engages faculty in content […]

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