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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I think public institutions have a mission to make sure that those in society have access to higher education,” says Alexander, who arrived at UCLA in 2006. AAP emphasizes that their students have earned the academic right to be at UCLA and have shown the potential to excel and graduate. Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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Leveraging technology for effective Assessment feedback (part 1): How to do I.T.?

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

In a follow up blog post, I share my experience using an asynchronous platform by drawing from Nicol and MacFarlane’s feedback principles (Nicol and MacFarlane-Dick, 2006). The development of student feedback literacy: enabling uptake of feedback. References CARLESS, D. & & BOUD, D. NICOL, D. & HARLAND, T.,

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Leveraging technology for effective Assessment feedback (part 2): How did I do I.T.?

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Dr Avita Rath is a year 3 distance learning student ( MSc Clinical Education ) at Edinburgh Medical School. Design I designed a formative peer feedback activity for year 3 undergraduate dental students around a few periodontics topics using Padlet; an interactive, collaborative learning platform.

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How College Transforms Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As of 2006, there were already between 6,000 and 7,000 studies of the impact of college on students. College is linked to greater civic involvement and higher rates of voting. But what do undergraduates truly take away from college? Since then, the number that has risen exponentially. What, we might ask, do these studies tell us?