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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Innovative Educators Webinar: Best Practices In College Teaching: Designing Effective Rubrics


Thursday, October 13 ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT

Webinar Description

Assigning grades to student essays, presentations, and projects can be a difficult task, especially when it appears that the many of the students did not understand the task assigned. Well written rubrics help students understand what they are expected to accomplish in an assignment or a course of study. Join us and learn how to develop rubrics to assist in making the evaluation and feedback process more effective, more objective, and more likely to result in deeper student learning. Participants will receive a Quick Guide to rubrics and a rubric template.


ObjectivesBy the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• describe characteristics of a rubric.
• distinguish between analytic and holistic rubrics.
• design a rubric.
• articulate how rubrics can be useful.

Who is the Speaker?

Debra Runshe is an Instructional Design Consultant for the Center for Teaching and Learning at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis. She works with faculty on instructional issues such as course design, online course development, learning objectives, classroom management, active learning, learning theory, and assessment methods.


Her dedication to quality teaching has led to her involvement in many national endeavors. Debra was a member of the Carnegie Foundation's CASTL Program: Scholarly Inquiry about Active Pedagogies. As a member of this cluster group she explored active learning pedagogies in universities across the nation and presented the findings nationally. She was also a member of the core team for the FIPSE grant: Promoting Strategic Teaching to Enhance Academic Competencies of Student in Transition Courses, which resulted in a professional development program for university instructors. She has presented the results of this grant in a number of venues.
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