Driving a car- Saturday Extender Response

Created by Iain Robertson (@iain.robertson), response for Like Driving a Car Activity

The car analogy is one that cuts across several courses based on conversations with Faculty. When discussing expert vs novice approaches to assessment I often ask students to break down their thinking. I will use the analogy of reversing out of a driveway and ask students to think about how they would break down that more… »

Orthopedic Assessment and WIIFM Response

Created by Iain Robertson (@iain.robertson), response for WIIFM Activity

An orthopedic assessment course can be a challenge for some students. It is a lot of new information that required previous knowledge and it is foundational to working with the public in clinical placements. What is in it for students? Consider: The course provided important knowledge and structure for an emerging therapist Assessment links the more… »

Overview of the assessment process Response

Created by Iain Robertson (@iain.robertson), response for Syllabus Concept Map Activity

I teach a course on assessment. Each week there is a focus on a different part of the body. That said, the framework for assessment remains largely the same. I did a concepts map to make plain the key concepts required for assessment. For students, it may provide some further clarity. For myself, it serves more… »

Concept Mapping: Seeing the Past, Present, & Future Response

Created by Marsha Appling-Nunez (@m.applingnunez), response for Syllabus Concept Map Activity

I have always been a fan of Understanding By Design by Wiggins and McTighe. I found it to be a useful framework that I could easily apply to lesson planning that would improve my students learning. I found that it allowed me to navigate within the systems standardization framework, but allows me to tie in more… »

Roch Empathy map for ESD2 students Response

Created by Steve Roch (@steveroch), response for Empathy Map Activity

For this empathy map, I focused on students in the Embedded Systems Design program.  These students are predominantly international, and as such, their pain and needs are often shared collectively. The ESD program has a reputation for being quite difficult (from a learner perspective), and current COVID measures have not helped to ease this pain.  more… »