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The Power of Personalization: Increasing Engagement Through Customized Feedback

Thursday, April 25, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
What effect does personalized feedback have on student engagement? An experimental study from a large introductory chemistry course reveals how using learning analytics data to generate hundreds of personalized feedback messages based on student behavior significantly increased student engagement compared to generic messages. In a session led by Adam Brummett, lecturer in chemistry, and the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology, we’ll discuss the results of this study and demonstrate how...
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What Your Students Wish You Knew about the ICON Gradebook

Thursday, April 25, 2024 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
In this session, led by Student Instructional Technology Assistants (SITAs), we will explore how students navigate grades and feedback in ICON. Additionally, we will provide tips for optimizing your ICON site to enhance the effectiveness of feedback to students. Register for the event. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data, and advanced...
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AI Monthly Meetup and Brainstorming Session

Friday, April 26, 2024 9:30am to 10:20am
University of Iowa Main Library
Join us for an engaging opportunity to collaborate with Copilot and other leading AI tools. These sessions will be filled with hands-on demonstrations for interacting with AI platforms and facilitated activities to help you experiment and innovate. Bring your willingness to try new things and think outside the box with AI. Gift yourself the time to learn a new technology. Tinkering is encouraged here! Register for the event. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise...
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Gradescope Bubble Sheets

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
Discover the efficiency of assessment management with Gradescope's Bubble Sheets. Learn to effortlessly create assessments with multiple-choice answer keys for automatic grading of your students' submission. Simplify your assessment workflow with Gradescope's effectiveness and precision. Register for the event. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and...

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