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

Opening Plenary (Video)

Introductory remarks

• Matthew Kaplan, Executive Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
  • New Resource: CRLT's Grading & Assessment Website
• 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

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

Assessment and accommodations

• Oluwaferanmi Okanlami, Director of Student Accessibility & Accommodations Services
• Tim McKay, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, LSA