Constructive Alignment (CA) is a model for designing educations in higher education. This is how you apply it, step by step.
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Tips: Two-part exam for students with extended writing time
Prevent cheating at take-home exams, where fast students help students with extended writing time.
Continue reading “Tips: Two-part exam for students with extended writing time”Tips: Fixed Ask-the-teacher time slots
Many students are reluctant to adderss direct questions to the teacher, especially in large student groups or when the teacher is avaliable only online and not least when the question must be asked in writing. The teacher, on the other hand, may feel that there are too many questions about the same thing, even though it is a minority of the students who ask. Fixed time-slots for questions is a strategy to solve the problem.
Continue reading “Tips: Fixed Ask-the-teacher time slots”Tips: Overview per week
A picture is worth a thousand words. Make a simple overview picture that presents what will happen during the course.
Continue reading “Tips: Overview per week”Examinating independent problem solving
This is about testing the ability to apply theory, models and methods in “real life” situations.
Continue reading “Examinating independent problem solving”Examinating the application of well-defined methods
Examinate the ability to apply well-defined methods, e. g. mathematical calculation techniques, formulas, etc. with algorithmic solutions (i. e. unambiguously right or wrong).
Continue reading “Examinating the application of well-defined methods”Examinating factual knowledge with Canvas Quiz
Testing of factual knowledge, such as basic terminology and simple formulas. Canvas Quiz is a lot more than you think.
Checklist for a good course website in Canvas
This is a checklist for you who are a course leader/teacher in a university course with a website in Canvas. It is based on robust principles for what a good study environment for students should look like and it also makes life easier for you, the teacher. Use it to check that you do not accidentally miss something important.
Continue reading “Checklist for a good course website in Canvas”Plan an intro session online
How do you set up a really good online course introduction ? What elements should it contain? In which order? How do we keep the students interested? How do you design a good session schedule, one that also function well when leading the session together with colleagues? Here is a commented example that can also work as a template.
Continue reading “Plan an intro session online”ICT: Tools for examination
KAU has two tools for handling specific examination-related matters. On the one hand Ouriginal for text comparison (to detect plagiarism) and on the other hand Inspera for digital exam. In addition, of course, we have Canvas and the functionality with assignments and Quiz.
NOTE that the university has replaced Wiseflow to Inspera for digital examinations in autumn 2022.
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