9/27/2021
Adventures in labor-based grading
Associate Professor of Composition and Rhetoric Mike MacDonald gives us a tour of his recent experiments with reimagining letter grades....
8/9/2021
Tips for hybrid staff meetings
The Hub’s Sarah Silverman talks about how to have productive team meetings if some of you are remote, and some are in the office....
7/12/2021
How students felt about their year-plus of pandemic learning
Recent student focus groups hosted by the Hub offer a candid look at what went well, what didn’t, and what ideas might have staying power post-pandemic....
3/10/2021
Pro tips for synchronous teaching
A Hub expert explains how to embrace Zoom teaching as a medium unto itself....
1/27/2021
Have better virtual staff meetings
Zoom fatigue got you down? Experiment with these techniques for smoother, more productive, more interesting team meetings....
1/13/2021
Does Canvas allow faculty to track students online?
Learning management systems like Canvas do allow faculty to see some student activity. But a UM-Dearborn Canvas support specialist says it’s far from being a surveillance system....
11/2/2020
The dangers of assuming students are great with technology
The belief that all young people are naturally skilled with technology is not only problematic. It can actually undermine student learning....
10/29/2019
Adventures in instructional redesign
Three UM-Dearborn professors talk about revamping their approaches to face-to-face and online courses....
11/12/2018
Can language courses be just as good (or better) online?
UM-Dearborn faculty are exploring the promise of creating hybrid language courses that pair class time with digital learning...
2/19/2018
Course redesigns are removing speed bumps to graduation
Some tough intro classes, like macroeconomics, pre-calculus and intro psychology, are getting major makeovers....