Notes and News
By Ireta Ekstrom

Hello everyone,
The sun is shining and I can see students briskly moving toward classes: Ahh, what a beautiful winter day here in Mid-Michigan.

The start of a new semester always brings thoughts of the many ways to help students learn. One important method we have is to provide feedback for students. Our featured article this month is e Feedback for E Assignments by David Lloyd, an adjunct Faculty member in Off Campus Programs. He has a time-tested method of providing feedback to students that will work for either teaching face-to-face or online courses.

The book Review is Judith Grunert’s book The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach by Jan Farmer. While I realize that you have already created this semester’s syllabus, read the review and take a critical look at your syllabi and perhaps plan for some changes for next semester’s classes.

Also check out the events scheduled for the near future, our monthly BlackBoard Tip and the Books available to review for a future newsletter.

Until next time,
Ireta Ekstrom
FaCIT Instructional Designer