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Rethinking Assessment at a Distance By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer Considering how to assess students at a distance may seem daunting. Many faculty have always relied on specific assessment practices and believe in-person assessment is the best way to assess student learning. However, the principles underlying good assessment practices are… March 18, 2020

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Encouraging Biliteracy Through Online Learning Dr. Bridget Yaden, professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, served as the President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) for the very eventful year of 2020. ACTFL is a national organization of language teachers, with a… May 13, 2021

. Paul Manfredi (Chinese) participated in the cohort for developing fully online courses. Dr. Yaden, who was already experienced with online instruction, revised her Introduction to Spanish (HISP 101) to a blended format, which she taught in J-Term 2015.  Blended, or hybrid, courses mix traditional face-to-face instruction with online learning, with the total workload for students equal to that of a traditional course.  In a blended course, students have increased control over the pace, time, mode

classes are offered three times per week in 65-minute time blocks or twice per week in 105-minute time blocks. Other academic experiences such as labs, clinicals, discussions, independent study, field work, internships, and hybrid/online courses are largely held outside of the standard schedule, but all adhere to the credit hour policy (see Periodic Review below). One unit of credit represents three hours of learning per week where each hour spent with direct faculty instruction requires at least two