When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

When Kate Smith’s second grade class finished their virtual field trip to a local farm, her students chose how they wanted to share what they had learned. Some kids created postcards or a poster with ...

Think about the last time you went inside a medical building. They often have large, wide elevators and automatic doors; big, bold signs for easy directions; and translators for people who speak ...

This graduate-level, introductory course provides an overview of the theoretical and practical foundations that inform learning, design, and technology. Course content and activities are designed to ...

One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

Students learn best when they feel safe, supported and inspired by their surroundings. Classroom design can profoundly influence how students experience and interact with the world. Here are four tips ...

The mission of the Center for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan is to collaborate across campus and around the world to create equitable, lifelong educational opportunities for ...

Leaders who are widely viewed as effective and highly successful in their organizations will tell you that 70% of the learning that got them there was through their experiences, 20% was through other ...