Effective course design begins with understanding the process of thinking and learning. These processes are commonly termed "metacognition." Metacognition includes a critical awareness of one’s ...

Travis Grandy is a PhD student in Composition and Rhetoric at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Find him on Twitter @travisgrandy or at his website. I work with a lot of instructors who use ...

Assignments: Make Them Effective, Engaging, and Equitable. At their best, assignments are one of the most important learning experiences for students in a course. Students grapple with course content, ...

Funded by a Teaching and Learning Development Grant, the objective of the first video is to offer support for all students in their writing development, but may be most helpful for first year, mature, ...

This popular browser extension addresses two teacher needs—quickly generating customized sub plans and tracking the evolution ...