Provost's Seminar on Teaching: Alternative Approaches to Assessment in “Larger” Courses

Thursday, May 22, 2025
8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Michigan League
911 N. University Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48104

8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m.

Opening Plenary (Video)

Introductory remarks

  • Matthew Kaplan, Executive Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
  • Laurie McCauley, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Panel

  • Angela Dillard, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
  • Susan D. Blum, Professor of Anthropology, The University of Notre Dame
  • Barry Fishman, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Education and Information; Chair of Learning, Equity, and Problem Solving for the Public Good
  • Nita Tarchinski, Grant-Writer, LSA Undergraduate Education; Project Manager, SEISMIC Collaboration

Outline of Day

  • Malinda Matney, Managing Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
10:20 a.m. Transition to Roundtables
10:30 a.m.

Roundtables - 4 rounds, each lasting 20 minutes

Vandenberg room - 2nd floor

  • Liv Anderson & Dave Bridges - Gameful Learning as a Tool for Inclusive, Student-Led Classrooms
  • Susan D. Blum - Ungrading, follow ups from plenary session
  • Barry Fishman - Using Gameful Learning Theory to Promote Engagement: 10 Key Principles (Handout)
  • Margherita Fontana - Gameful Learning in Graduate Dental Education: Enhancing Student Engagement in Healthcare courses (Slides)

Michigan room - 2nd floor

  • Gina Baucom - Students learning from students: A change that makes multiple choice exams engaging and possibly even fun
  • Gavin LaRose - Repeatable Mastery Assessment at Scale in Introductory Math Courses
  • Jason McCormick - Lowering the Stakes with Shorter, More Focused Quizzes for Assessment and Improved Learning
  • Nicole Tuttle - Benefits, drawbacks, and needed supports for moving to more frequent, lower-stakes, in-class exams
  • Jefferson Yarce - Leveraging AI and Bloom's Taxonomy to Transform Assessment in Introductory Courses

Henderson room - 3rd floor

  • James Alexander - Distributed practice with Problem Roulette
  • Pete Bodary - Receiving an assist from GenAI on large course assessments
  • Deborah Lichti - Embracing Productive Failure: Strategies for Course Integration and Student Growth
  • Perry Samson - Beyond Student Evaluations: Get Same Day AI Feedback on Your Teaching

Koessler room - 3rd floor

  • CRLT - Quick consultations
  • CRLT - Teaching with GSIs: Managing Your Instructional Team to Support Alternative Assessment in Larger Courses (Resources)
  • CRLT - Incorporating GenAI in classroom considerations
  • CRLT - Specifications Grading: What it is and how to apply it
  • ITS, including Canvas help
  • LSA Student Academic Affairs
  • Sweetland Center for Writing: Supporting and Assessing Writing in All Courses
12:15 p.m. Lunch
12:40 p.m

Assessment and accommodations

  • Oluwaferanmi Okanlami, Director of Student Accessibility & Accommodations Services
  • Tim McKay, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, LSA
1:30 p.m. End