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Improving the Feedback Cycle to Improve Learning in Introductory Biology Using the Digital Dashboard
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, Carnegie Mellon University, United States ; , Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University, United States ; , Carnegie Mellon Univ., United States ; , Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, United States

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E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-60-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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At Carnegie Mellon we are integrating timely and targeted feedback for the students and real-time student progress reports for the instructor to create an online learning environment that engages the student, improves learning and allows immediate adaptation of instruction. The Digital Dashboard is a dynamic portal into the continuous data provided by student use of online instructional tools and assessments within the Open Learning Initiative environment. The compiled data presentation from each lesson is a guide to changing and targeting instruction in the classroom. The Digital Dashboard organizes information and is being developed to link concepts, categorize answers to open-ended questions and provide a use-index to better inform the instructor of student learning. The information provides tools for making the classroom more dynamic and data for research on student learning.

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Brown, W.E., Lovett, M., Bajzek, D. & Burnette, J.M. (2006). Improving the Feedback Cycle to Improve Learning in Introductory Biology Using the Digital Dashboard. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2006--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1030-1035). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 12, 2024 from .

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