While end-of-semester student evaluations can help you determine what changes you might need to make for future iterations of a course, they do not do much to ensure the current students have a positive experience. Let Learning Innovation conduct a mid-semester small group instructional feedback (SGIF) session to help you course-correct at a time when both you and your students may benefit. This blog post explains the process and shares the experiences of three faculty members who employed SGIF in their courses.

As you begin to design (or redesign) your fall courses, Learning Innovation has many support options available to you, from focused one-on-one help to self-service resources. 

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Academic Innovation for the Public Good: "Other People’s Colleges"
Wednesday, July 27, 7 - 8 pm
In his book Other People’s Colleges: The Origins of American Higher Education Reform, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at University of Nevada, Reno Ethan Ris draws insights for today from his analysis of the early twentieth century effort by a cadre of elite, external reformers to reshape higher education — and the resistance that arose to oppose them. 
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Some people do not use a mouse or touchpad to navigate online content and rely on their keyboard to access everything. To learn if your online content is keyboard accessible, go to the site you want to check and try using only the “tab” and “enter” buttons to see if you can interact with everything (sometimes called the #NoMouse Challenge). If you can’t tab to a reading or assessment, some students may not be able to access them. If you find that your site has problems with keyboard or screen reader accessibility, contact us and we will help you resolve the issue (or connect you with someone who can, such as Duke Web Accessibility).