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Hub Cap: What Happened This Week in Teaching and Learning

We are sending you information and news about all things teaching and learning. These notes will share timely teaching tips, recent pedagogical scholarship, teaching events on and off campus, and Hub blog posts. Use this form to unsubscribe.

Teaching Tips: Talk to Your Students

The more transparent we are with our students, the better the learning outcomes are for them and the more engaging the experiences are for all of us.

In my async online class, I just tried a brand new collaborative assignment with some challenging logistics and I really wanted to know the student experience. So I created an optional anonymous form. 6 out of my 29 students responded and all comments were positive with some thoughtful suggestions for change. Instead of wondering how something is going for your students, just ask them!

  • How to use anonymous surveys to get student feedback from Stanford’s teaching center
  • Guidance for academics: How students talk about GenAI this one page summary of a University of Queensland research study might be a good place to start a conversation with your students about GenAI's impact on them and their trust in us
  • Transparent Assignment Template one of the Hub's favorites for clear communication with students; for more on the TiLT project, read the FAQ
  • Small Changes, Large Rewards: How Individualized Emails Increase Classroom Performance, a faculty post, on Evolllution, describing how a warm, individualized email from the instructor to struggling students increased scores on following exams
  • Getting Students to Talk to Each Other, Rather than the Teacher, a blog post which shares a small group and large group protocol; students talking to each other takes the pressure off of you and helps them build trust in the learning community

Now is the Time for Mid-semester Feedback, from the Hub or on your own

This is a great time to take a "temperature check" of how the semester is going for the students you have right now. Here are some strategies you might consider:

Want a quick, conversational reminder of how and why to collect feedback? Refresh your memory with our blog post (written by LEO Lecturer Sarah Silverman!)

Looking for an example template to collect your own feedback? Here you go!

The Hub is offering mid-course student feedback sessions for in-person and online classes. After a consultation, an instructional designer will engage directly with your students to collect feedback, without you present. We'll then discuss that feedback individually and help you make a plan for responding to your students.

Recording Available for the Faculty Panel 

Reckoning with AI Writing in the Wake of Pandemic Teaching

If you missed last week's panel, this blog post will catch you up. If it raises any questions or ideas for you, you can book a GenAI Consultation with an Instructional Designer. Our designers have been following the impacts of GenAI on university teaching very closely and can assist you in thinking through this complex teaching issue, providing you with outside resources, and redesigning assignments and assessments to best meet your learning goals.

Book the First Available Instructional Designer

Questions or comments? Carla Vecchiola, cvecchio@umich.edu

While the HubCap is designed with our faculty as the primary audience, others (campus leaders, directors, student services staff) may also find valuable insights within.Feel free to forward this newsletter on if you know someone who could benefit from this information.

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