Education Research

GRANT OPPORTUNITY: UM Inter-Campus Course Sharing

Posted by on February 21, 2014

University of Missouri-System is providing funding to encourage faculty members to share their expertise with other UM campuses. Grants will be awarded to faculty interested in developing and offering “shared courses” to be made available on at least two UM campuses. The RFP linked below provides the full details of the Inter-Campus Course Sharing grant […]

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Call for Presentations: Missouri S&T Teaching and Learning Technology 2014 Conference

Posted by on September 18, 2013

Educational Technology is now accepting presentation proposals for the Seventh Annual Teaching and Learning Technology Conference, scheduled for March 13-14, 2014. Interested presenters can download a copy of the Call for Presentation form at the TLT 2014 website or click one of the links below: Call for Presentations: Word Document Call for Presentations: PDF Call […]

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AMY’S PONDERINGS: Addressing Failure Rates in Introductory Courses

Posted by on October 1, 2012

— Written by Amy Skyles — With the increase in class sizes and workload for faculty, it’s often difficult to gauge student learning from day to day. Designing a course to include several formative assessments can greatly enhance student success. The Faculty Focus article, “An Approach that Decreases Failure Rates in Introductory Courses” provides several […]

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