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Dayna Henry; Julia Sell; Lucy Bryan Malenke – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024
The chapter describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of repeated peer review assignments in a health sciences program. Details of the assignment, quantitative and qualitative indirect assessments, and considerations for implementing this type of assignment in other courses are provided.
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Assignments, Skill Development, Research Skills
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Daniel Dale – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2025
ChatGPT and generative AI (GenAI) are disrupting students' traditional writing process. Although this development may seem novel, new technologies and writing practices have always affected the classroom, as research in composition shows. Turning to this existing scholarship, I show how composition studies provide a useful framework for thinking…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Man Machine Systems, Natural Language Processing, Technology Integration
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Christopher Hill; Jace Hargis – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2025
This article explores the intersection between academic integrity and generative AI (GenAI). It presents a tested framework for a versatile 3-h module applicable to various disciplines. Since ChatGPT's emergence, GenAI's impact on academic integrity has raised concerns, challenged established norms, and blurred lines of authorship. Engaging…
Descriptors: Ethics, Integrity, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software
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Rozaitis, Bill; Baepler, Paul; Gonzalez, Anita; Ching, Paul; Wingert, Deb; Alexander, Ilene D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2020
This chapter describes the University of Minnesota Preparing Future Faculty program, focusing on pedagogical approaches and assignments that have made the program relevant for over 20 years. It concludes with a look at the future facing graduate student professional development.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Faculty Development, Assignments, Program Descriptions
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David DiSabito; Lisa Hansen; Thomas Mennella; Josephine Rodriguez – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2025
This chapter investigates the integration of generative AI (GenAI), specifically ChatGPT, into institutional and course-level assessment at Western New England University. It explores the potential of GenAI to streamline the assessment process, making it more efficient, equitable, and objective. Through the development of a proprietary GenAI tool,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Man Machine Systems, Educational Assessment
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Venkatesan, Madhavi – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2020
This chapter addresses how sustainability can be incorporated within the Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics curriculum. Examples of assignments along with case study assessments of the impact of the assignments as they relate to understanding and fostering sustainability in the student are provided.
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Introductory Courses, Economics Education, Assignments
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Kirsten Dean; Julia Feerrar; Katlyn Griffin; Kelsey Hammer – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024
In this chapter, a team of academic librarians offers strategies to address four common challenges instructors face when incorporating digital literacy into their courses.
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Digital Literacy, Partnerships in Education, Academic Libraries
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Green, Kimberly; Hutchings, Pat – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2018
Building on an initiative of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, Washington State University faculty have worked to develop more effective integrative capstone assignments in ways that support ongoing improvement.
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, College Faculty, Integrated Activities, Assignments
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Carnegie, Jacqueline – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2021
This article describes the use of feedback-oriented online assignments in large classes of undergraduate students studying anatomy and physiology to promote active learning, critical thinking, and effective written communication skills.
Descriptors: Assignments, Allied Health Occupations Education, Undergraduate Students, Anatomy
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Murphy, Debra – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This chapter describes changes in the thinking and practice of eight early-childhood teachers after they used visual data to complete a teacher research assignment in a community college teacher-education course.
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Attitudes, Attitude Change