Accessibility and UDL

The Road to Authenticity through a Pressbooks Resource

Linda Facchini from The Teaching and Learning Centre at Seneca College presented at the Virtual Institute on Alternative Assessment in Higher Education on November 23, 2022. Seneca is in Toronto, Canada. The title of the session was “Road to Authenticity.” Seneca has multiple campuses with diverse programs. They offer diplomas, certificates, bachelors degrees… in-person, hybrid, […]
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Overview of the Digital Literacies Toolkit

Nadine Aboulmagd and Samah Adel presented “Alternative Assessments to Enhance Students’ Digital Literacies.” They both are instructional designers at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. They talked about the digital literacies toolkit. They asked the audience to share in the chat their familiarity with digital literacies. The majority “heard but don’t understand.” They then asked […]
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Digital Narrative Assignments and Experiences of Visually Impaired Learners

Yasser Atef presented at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 on the experience of a visually impaired student. Atef is at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Atef shared their experience and spoke about self-reflection, self-assessment forms, and digital narratives. Atef explained how they navigate assessments and use self-assessment forms to enhance their learning. They spoke […]
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Assessment Literacies?!

As part of the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022, Andrew G. D. Holmes and Dom Henri from the University of Hull, UK spoke about “Assessment Literacies/University Literacies.” This twenty-five-minute session started with the presenters describing the challenges of reducing the “hidden curriculum:” “tacit and unwritten ‘taken-for-granted’ aspects of the curriculum that some students know and some […]
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Grading Options

Today I watched the 2022 Keynote Speaker for the Alternative Assessment Institute, David Buck. Their title was “Ungrading: A Road to Equity.” They mentioned that “ungrading is a pedagogical mindset (philosophy) that de-centers the control-based function of grades to create space for learning that’s divorced from stress. The learning process is centered, students display agency, […]
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Helping Students Prepare for Class

Tina Ballard (Elgin Community College), Sabah Sattar (Western University of Health Sciences, medical student), Heather Bergan-Roller, and Jaime Sabel presented at JMBE Live about “Actions and Resources of Introductory Biology Students.” They shared resources for students to prepare for class. They spoke about the need to prepare for class: Ballard emphasized that studying for exams […]
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Evaluation of Retention Strategies for STEM Students at Neumann University

Tonight I watched the recorded session for the ASMCUE poster entitled “Instructional and Retention Strategies for STEM Students Using Co-Curricular Science Courses.” Matt Mastropaolo from Neumann University spoke about their NSF-funded program for first-year students. The program supports “24 academically gifted students” who also have financial needs. The research team evaluated their program and learned […]
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Self-regulated Learning and Remote Instruction

Aaron Esparza and Jeff Olimpo examined how remote instruction during the pandemic influenced learning strategies of students. Their ASMCUE 2022 recorded poster session was entitled “COVID-19 Remote Instruction Prepares STEM Students for the Return to Face-to-Face Learning.” Esparza mentioned that they sought to challenge the deficit focused comments of remote instruction. They described how self-regulated […]
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A Hybrid Conjugation Lab

Tonight I watched the recording for the ASMCUE 2022 poster session “Hybrid Inquiry Based Lab Highlights Scientific Method Using Bacterial Conjugation as a Model.” Eileen M. Hotze from the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, was the presenter. Hotze spoke about the need for inquiry-based labs (IBL) and the […]
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Engagement and Barriers to Access to HIPs

Tonight I checked out several ASMCUE 2022 posters and came across the recording for the poster entitled “Are high-impact practices accessible for all? Exploring the factors impacting engagement in beneficial educational experiences for undergraduate STEM students with disabilities.” The presenter was Emma Goodwin from Sara Brownell’s group at Arizona State University. Goodwin spoke about increasing […]
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