General Principles of Assignment Design Assignments: Make Them Effective, Engaging, and Equitable. At their best, assignments are one of the most important learning experiences for students in a ...

Many instructors approach assignment design with a "product" focus—that is to say, the choices they make about their assignments (frequency; genre; difficulty; grading scheme; etc.) are oriented ...

If your assignments require students to find, evaluate or use information sources of any kind, the cadence of the following instructions might feel familiar. “Write a five-page paper and use three ...

During a recent presentation at the Deeper Learning Conference in San Diego, Jenkins shared how the core arts education practices of assignment design and critique can apply to other areas of learning ...

This resource aims to offer ideas centered on flexible learning through intentional design of assignments and rethinking how we assess learning.