Advances in technology and a desire for greater access to and flexibility in education are driving growth in distance learning programs. According to a 2008 report by the Sloan Consortium, which ...

Assessment is a key element in higher education courses to track student learning, but some forms of assessment can produce greater levels of stress for learners and are tied to inequitable learning.

The ISLL houses two types of courses. The “iBC: integrated Biology and Chemistry” course series delivers interdisciplinary instruction for a broad population of life science majors. Interdisciplinary ...

Adopters of alternative grading see it as offering something that traditional grading does not: a shift in student motivation away from chasing percentage points on quizzes and tests, and toward ...

Storytelling can bridge the gap between complex STEM content and student engagement – it gives learners a discovery-based approach and educators an inclusive teaching tool and means of assessment Many ...

In the laboratory course, students first learn important methods of food analysis in theory in a parallel lecture series and then prepare for the experimental lab work with different materials on ...

Sylvestri is not alone in seeing differences this fall as students transition from all-online classes due to the pandemic to face-to-face courses. Faculty members from many institutions are also ...

Explore our campus, meet lecturers and current students, and learn more about what it's like to study at Manchester. We place social responsibility at the heart of your learning which means you can ...

This semester Lyndsay Munro, teaching professor and general chemistry coordinator, introduced a new assignment in her chemical synthesis laboratory course. The assignment was to build a model of a ...

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