Glossary
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Acronyms
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Brand guide
Active learning
Active learning strategies in a digitally enhanced classroom provide both a sense of community and the benefits of the synchronicity that comes with being in the same learning space at the same time.
ASU Sync
Adaptive Learning
Rather than teaching the same content to all students, adaptive learning connects students with personalized and interactive lessons, ensuring they receive support and direction as needed.
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Adobe
Adobe Creative Cloud encompasses world-class apps and services for video, design, photography, and the web. Apps used by students and staff include InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Spark, and Premiere. ASU students, faculty, and staff can access Adobe Creative Cloud for free by requesting access.
SOLS employee software | Request student access | Request staff access
Asynchronous
Asynchronous learning allows you to login to your courses any time of the day. You will still have deadlines and due dates for assignments based on the instructors syllabus, but can access your classroom any time of the day or night.
ASU Online
ASU Sync
ASU Sync provides students with technology-enhanced, fully interactive remote learning using live lectures via Zoom. This approach can be combined with in-person instruction to accommodate students in various circumstances and enable social distancing measures in classrooms, or as stand-alone technology. It offers the benefits of face-to-face instruction in an interactive group learning environment.
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Asynchronous | Synchronous
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Backward design
Backward design aims to design courses around the skills and knowledge that students should have by the end of the course. By outlining the objectives and planning based on learning outcomes, students can stay engaged in course content and understand material better.
Teach T@lk Webinar
BioSpine
BioSpine is a new, interactive, adaptive-learning platform that personalizes student learning experiences.
The BioSpine Initiative
Adaptive Learning
Bloom’s Taxonomy
A hierarchial system of ordering thinking skills from lower to higher, with the higher levels including all of the cognitive skills from the lower levels.
UOEEE Diagram
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Canvas
Canvas is ASU's learning management system. Here, students can access their course grading, quizzes and exams, messages, modules, announcements, and more.
Canvas | Accessing Canvas