by Megan Mocko In a previous blog, I wrote about representation as one of the guidelines for Universal Design for Learning (UDL). In this blog post, I am going to concentrate on engagement. Engagement In this blog post, I will concentrate on the guideline for representation, which is primarily processed in the back portion of... Continue Reading →
Universal Design for Learning in Service Statistics Courses – Part 1: Representation
by Megan Mocko A few years ago, if you had asked me about Universal Design for Learning, I would have said Universal Design for Learning is just captioning videos. Although this is important, it did not make the light bulb in my head start flashing with excitement. However, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is much... Continue Reading →
StatTLC @ JSM 2022
With the 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings upon us, we wanted to share what our editors and contributing authors will be presenting in Washington, D.C. Take a look and we hope to see you there! Perspectives on Nontraditional Grading in Statistics Courses Stat TLC editor Adam Loy and contributing author Eric Reyes will both be participating... Continue Reading →
Navigating Issues of Power in Group Work
Tl;dr -- Our classrooms are plagued with societal expectations which oppress certain students’ opportunities to learn and build an identity as a statistician/data scientist. Our students deserve more mindful approaches to group work and methods that create equitable spaces for everyone. If you are interested, I’m holding a Birds of a Feather discussion surrounding this... Continue Reading →
Using Ed Discussion as a Course Communication Tool
Note: Adam provided the lived experience in this post (he is the “I”) and Sam helped with the assessment and working with the folks at Ed. Throughout the pandemic, I’ve experimented with a variety of communication tools, synchronous and asynchronous ones, to better connect with my students. Slack and Discord were two apps I tried... Continue Reading →
Building Flexibility into your Course with “Oops tokens”
Before March 2020, I was not a very flexible teacher in terms of course policy. I was quite rigid on deadlines unless there were emergencies and exams were “one and done.” After frantically creating and teaching an online course for spring term 2020 where I tried to be very flexible to accommodate the wide range... Continue Reading →