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Hello Again Everyone! Marohang and I look forward to continuing discussion of the use of digital and cloud-based tools in our work with students across all modalities as well as the challenges and opportunities the digital-collaborative practice affords both students and instructors. All meetings will be via Zoom, and you can find the recurring link and pass code above. To assist everyone with their planning, our meetings for Fall 2023 are scheduled for the following dates and times:

10-11am on Friday, September 22, 2023
10-11am on Friday, October 13, 2023
10-11am on Friday, November 10, 2023
10-11am on Friday, December 01, 2023

Our Recurring Zoom Information:
ID 945 4508 9588
Passcode 851121

Please plan to join us, and we hope to see you on September 22nd!

Kind Regards,

Marohang and Stokes

Final exam info for courses offering an exam
You may offer a final exam in your course during the semester's exam period, which is held following the last week of classes. Final exams are typically scheduled for the same day, time period, and room as the scheduled course, if possible. According to the MSU Code of Teaching Responsibility, course instructors must include the date and location of any final examination in the syllabus.

You can locate your course's final exam details on the MSU Office of the Registrar website https://reg.msu.edu, either under "Final Exams" within the Instructor Systems menu of the Faculty & Staff section or in the Schedule of Classes entry under the Enrollment & Registration section. Once logged in to Instructor Systems, you can select the semester and course to see your final exam details, as well as a link to correct any errors.

The Instructor Systems will also show you the names of any students with an exam conflict and/or who have three or more exams on the same day. You can encourage students in either situation to contact the Academic Student Affairs Office in their college for help managing conflicts or arranging for an alternate time; the MSU exam policy states that a student can't be required to take more than two exams in one day.

The full MSU final exam policy can be found here, with further details for scheduling exams in classes with different modalities, requesting a different room, the expectation that instructors will be accessible to students via office hours, and other aspects of exam week.
https://reg.msu.edu/roinfo/calendar/finalexam.aspx

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10 Individual Reflections @ two points each (essentially “Gimmes”).
Starting in Week Two, students are asked to develop (guided) reflections on their independent and (starting in Week Three) collaborative coursework for a given week. Not only do they articulate their new learning, they connect that to prior knowledge as well as examine their work habits and related choices. Students have the following options for these reflections:
• Traditional 2-3 page essay
• 5-6 minute Voice Recording or Video
• Sketchnotes (a hybrid of note-taking and creative doodles that presents students’ grasp of new information, gleaned from scholarly reading, and connection of those ideas to specific novels, plays, or films in the course)

Collaborative Project #1 @ 20 possible points (Due at the end of Week Five)
Student learning teams review and evaluate two recent journal articles (less than ten years old) on material presented during the first third of the course. The project also includes a works cited or bibliography page and collaboratively written (guided) reflection on team work habits and related choices. Teams can choose between:
• TV Newscast (WeVideo)
• TV Talkshow (WeVideo)
• Podcast -- starting in Fall 2022 – (anchor.fm)

Collaborative Project #2 @ 20 Possible Points (Due at the end of Week 10)
Student learning teams review and evaluate two books, two journal articles, and two digital sources to have to do in some way with intersections between course material on one hand, and systems of power, oppression, equity, and justice on the other AND create a readers’ guide based on that work. The project also includes a works cited or bibliography page and collaboratively written (guided) reflection on team work habits and related choices. Teams can choose between:
• Readers’ Guide Flipbook (Flipsnack)
• Reader’s Guide Infographic (Canva)

Collaborative Project #3 @ 20 possible points (Due at the end of Week 14)
Student learning teams 1) revisit five to six novels, plays, or films presented in the course, 2) examine them in terms of power, oppressions, equity, and justice, AND 3) brainstorm practical solutions to how we might better address similar longstanding ills in 21st century society. The project also includes a works cited or bibliography page and collaboratively written (guided) reflection on team work habits and related choices. Teams can choose between:
• Interactive Academic Poster (Power Point or Prezi)
• Interactive Digital Scrapbook (Canva)

Capstone Project – Individual Semester Reflection @ 20 Possible Points (Due at the end of Week 15)
Students develop a guided reflection in which they revisit and evaluate their learning for the course. Students have the following options:
• Traditional Five to Six-page Self-Assessment Essay
• Five to Six-minute Self-Assessment Video


Questions for “Guided” Individual or Team Reflection
• For you introduction, describe your work and related activities for the week/semester in general.
• Briefly describe the projects, processes, and skills you will discuss.
• Discuss three points/projects you found most enjoyable and explain why.
• Explain three processes for the projects described above. Describe how the processes were challenging and rewarding.
• Explain three skills you gained or improved upon during the week/semester. These do not have to relate to what you have discussed already, but they can.
• Describe why you find these new or improved skills interesting, useful, enjoyable, and/or challenging.
• How might you improve your independent and/or collaborative work habits and related choices in the course?
• Describe your biggest “A-ha Moment” this week/semester.
• How does that same “A-ha Moment” connect to something you have learned in other courses?
• In your conclusion, do not simply summarize what you have already said. Answer the implied “So, what?” question.
• Leave yourself (and your reader) with something to think about.
• Remember, this is not a forum to complain about team members, assignments, the course, instructor, or previous grades.

Hello again everyone,

Namaskar/Sewaro!

We, Stokes and Marohang, invite you to join our “Digital Collaborative Learning for the 21st Century 2.0 Learning Community” on 10-11am on Friday, November 10, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM

We look forward to continuing the discussion of the use of digital and cloud-based tools in our work with students across all modalities, as well as the challenges and opportunities that digital collaborative practices afford both students and instructors. We are interested in exploring links between digital collaborative learning and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) pedagogy, and how generative artificial intelligence (AI) might play a role these activities and aims.

Our meeting is via Zoom, and you can find the recurring link and passcode below. To assist everyone with their planning, our meetings for Fall 2023 are scheduled for the following dates and times:

10-11am on Friday, October 13, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM
10-11am on Friday, November 10, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM
10-11am on Friday, December 01, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM

Our Recurring Zoom Meeting: https://msu.zoom.us/j/94545089588
Meeting ID: 945 4508 9588
Passcode: 851121

Look forward to seeing you all this coming Friday, November 10, 2023 (10-11am on Friday, November 10, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM).

Best regards,

Marohang & Stokes

Thank you to everyone who attended today's kickoff event for the 2022-3 school year! The link to the Zoom recording is below and I've attached the slides we used to guide the discussion for anyone who's interested as well.

https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/IAH+KickoffA+Empowering+Students+Across+Modalities/1_6belze1a

A very interesting recent book on how to make our coursework with students more inclusive. A concise 200 pages on, not only the theoretical background and need for inclusivity, but loads of very practical advice for designing courses and running class meetings with inclusivity in mind. $30 well spent. Check out 'What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching' (Stylus Publishing, 2021) on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1642671932?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

Know of student's graduating this spring in need of CPR/AED for an upcoming job? The Learning and Assessment Center offers AHA Heartsaver/CPR/AED Courses.

These courses are intended for those who have a duty to respond to a first aid or cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements such as public safety officers, teachers, child care providers and those dealing with environmental, chemical and mechanical hazards.

This course covers management of illness and injuries during the first minutes until professional help arrives.

Will students perceive positive scoring better than negative scoring approaches?