Best Practices
To demonstrate best practices in instructional podcasting, we created the DIIA Teaching and Learning Podcast.
DIIA Teaching and Learning podcast
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- Date:
- 12/01/2005
- Time:
- 06:12 mins
- Size:
- 5.7 MB
- Format:
- MP3
- Host
- Amy Miller
- Guest(s)
- Dawn Zimmaro, Ph.D., Head of Research, Evaluation and Assessment Instructional Assessment and Evaluation
- Description
- A handy guide for writing multiple-choice questions that will more accurately reflect what your students are actually learning. Dr. Zimmaro gives hints that make every question count—from getting feedback on your tests before the semester begins in order to weed out unclear questions, to avoiding questions that simply duplicate textbook material and presenting real-world problems instead. A top-notch assessment tool to improve your multiple-choice test writing skills.
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- Date:
- 12/01/2005
- Time:
- 05:16 mins
- Size:
- 4.9 MB
- Format:
- MP3
- Host
- Amy Miller
- Guest(s)
- Dawn Zimmaro, Ph.D., Head of Research, Evaluation and Assessment Instructional Assessment and Evaluation
- Description
- A look at writing multiple-choice questions from the “test-wise” students’ point of view. Eight common test writing shortcuts teachers commonly use that students have learned give them a chance to answer 50% of the questions correctly on any test. Dr. Zimmaro shows teachers how to avoid these question writing pitfalls to ensure students are assessed on what they’ve learned about the course content, rather than how well they outguess poorly written multiple-choice questions.
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- Date:
- 12/01/2005
- Time:
- 20:08 mins
- Size:
- 18.4 MB
- Format:
- MP3
- Host
- Amy Miller
- Guest(s)
- Dawn Zimmaro, Ph.D., Head of Research, Evaluation and Assessment Instructional Assessment and Evaluation
- Description
- This in-depth interview drives home the importance of assessing desired instructional outcomes and objectives prior to devising tests and test questions. Dr. Zimmaro recommends a criterion-based approach to learning to optimize maximum understanding of course material. She also encourages boosting higher order critical thinking skills by using real world problems and building test questions around them. Describes the broad range of test writing and other services available free of charge to UT faculty.
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- Date:
- 12/01/2005
- Time:
- 3:09 mins
- Size:
- 4.3 MB
- Format:
- MP3
- Host
- Stephanie Schuhmacher Weiler
- Description
- This audio tutorial demonstrates how to browse and subscribe to podcasts using the iTunes music store directory. Listeners can choose to follow along with the demonstration.
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- Date:
- 03/12/2006
- Time:
- 57:26 mins
- Size:
- 27.5 MB
- Format:
- MP3
- Guest
- Shernaz Garcia, Suzanne Pence
- Description
- A live recording from the 2006 Teaching and Learning Colloquium, hosted January 10-11, 2006. Teaching portfolios are an important part of documenting how your teaching has evolved. Assessment should involve feedback and reflection from within, as well as from your students and colleagues. This session will look at what goes into a teaching portfolio and how you can start now to make compiling your dossier for promotion and tenure less stressful.
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- Date:
- 04/11/2006
- Time:
- 37:13 mins
- Size:
- 17.0 MB
- Format:
- MP3
- Guest
- Alexandra Albright
- Description
- A live recording from the 2006 Teaching and Learning Colloquium, hosted January 10-11, 2006. Organizing and managing courses doesn’t HAVE to be time-consuming and daunting the entire semester. Instructors and students alike, find the learning experience much more enjoyable when expectations and accessibility are apparent. This session will focus on how Blackboard is used to help simplify the process of course and time management.
