The Principles of Alignment in Course Design: Aligning MO’s with CO’s
What the heck are COs vs MOs? And why does they matter? Well, you’ve already encountered COs-the acronym stands for Course Outcomes and they are on the short syllabi of the SON Courses you are assigned to teach. You’ve probably also heard them as Learning Outcomes, Course Learning Objectives, and a couple of different variations-they […]
AACN Memberships for SON Faculty
Did you know that VCU SON Faculty may be eligible for AACN Memberships? Here are some of the benefits included: Contact Dina Belic via email for more information about AACN memberships.
Scaffolding Assignments
There has been a lot of chatter lately about AI, education, and forming “uncheatable assessments” or “AI-resistant” assessments. While cheating has existed long before college students had their own private dial-up internet, AI has posed new challenges in creating educational content that actually assesses and develops learner competencies and cognition. One of the answers that […]
