
Getting Started with Quality Matters
ZoomQuality Matters began with a small group of Maryland colleagues who were trying to solve a common problem among institutions: how do we measure and guarantee the quality of a course? This…
Quality Matters began with a small group of Maryland colleagues who were trying to solve a common problem among institutions: how do we measure and guarantee the quality of a course? This…
Teaching and learning is of critical importance to academic libraries as they seek to align themselves with the mission of their universities. To effectively support faculty in their teaching, librarians…
The "digital divide" was a term coined in 2012 to describe the disparity amongst those students who did have internet access and those who did not (Van Dijk, 2012). Research…
While instructor feed is always beneficial, hearing feedback from students can help students improve their learning and performance. Using different modes of instruction and assessments can provide different ways students…
The past two years have been full of various changes, not just to our day-to-day lives, but also to our mental states as we were challenged to deal with isolation, physical distancing, and mental health…
While technological advancements continue to proliferate through and disrupt traditional educational systems and structures, questions of values, ethics, and the effects of innovation on human beings must be central to…
Students in online science courses need laboratory experience. Digital, hands-on, and hybrid approaches all provide these students with the opportunity to learn, to apply, and to demonstrate their lab skills.…
Podcast Insights report that there are over 2,000,000 podcasts, with over 116,000,000 listeners alone in the last month. With the podcasting trend on a steady rise, how can we use…
Lectures rarely provide optimal learning environments that secure effective, sustained learning outcomes. Online learning requires classrooms designed to engage learners and build a sense of ownership of their knowledge. As…
The idea behind virtual lab simulations is that inside the 3D environment of an immersive simulation, students can master curriculum-aligned theory, interact with advanced equipment, learn techniques and perform experiments,…