Online Proctoring with ProctorU

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Last revised 10/11/2024 by SW

Overview

Maintaining academic integrity in all UConn courses, including online/blended courses, is important. Key concerns include ensuring that:

  1. The student enrolled in the course is the same individual completing the assessments (authentication).
  2. Assessment administration adheres to the faculty-prescribed rules (cheating deterrence and detection).

ProctorU is one of the online proctoring platforms UConn endorses to uphold academic integrity in remote assessments, allowing faculty to have similar levels of security as in-person exams.

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Using a Token Economy to Promote Equity & Learning

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Last updated 11/1/2024 by KK

Overview

A token economy or late bank system allows instructors to provide deadline flexibility to students, eliminating the need for instructors to adjudicate excuses. This type of structure flexibility enhances student learning, reduces stress, and promotes equity.

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Types of Videos for Online Teaching & Learning

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Last updated 10/18/2024 by KK

Overview

Videos can be used for a variety of purposes in online courses, and different set-ups are required to achieve these goals. This article will review the types of videos used in online courses and provide examples.

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Collaborative (Group) Learning Online

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Last revised 9/12/2024 by jap

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Collaborative learning, also known as group learning, is an opportunity for students to develop higher-order cognitive skills, promote connections and community, and engage with different perspectives. To facilitate student collaboration online, it requires designing the activity as well as selecting the best technology to connect students.

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University Modes of Instruction

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Last revised on 08/07/2024 by DTM.

Overview

The Registrar hosts the official definitions and guidance on Course Modalities. CETL provides additional explanations, teaching considerations, and visual guides on their Teaching and Course Modalities page. Faculty should be aware of the official course modalities and the implications for online teaching and learning.

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Analysis: Planning Your Instruction

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Last revised: 07/18/2024 by jap.

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Analysis is the first step in planning effective instruction, and the first phase of the instructional design model ADDIE.  It involves collecting all the information that may impact a course in order to make informed course design decisions. The process begins by addressing a series of questions.

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Creating & Managing Videos for Online Teaching & Learning

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Last revised 7/16/2024 by KK

Overview

Videos are gaining ground in online education as a result of their versatility in promoting learning, satisfaction, engagement, and interest (LSEI; Costley & Lange, 2017). With this fast-growing dependence on videos, online educators need to become mindful of what constitutes quality videos and how they are best integrated into online content delivery and interaction.

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Writing Learning Objectives

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Last revised: 07/15/2024 by JAP

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Objectives explain the destination of the learning experience to students. When written well and aligned with other course elements, objectives help students make cognitive connections between materials, learning activities and assessments. This alignment increases the possibility of learning success and enables both the students and the instructor to stay focused and monitor learning.  

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