Transparency in Course Assessments: A Robust Indicator of a Student-Centered Teaching

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Author(s): Laxmi Prasad Paudel (Albany State University, USA)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 22
Source title: Integrating Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT): An Effective Tool for Providing Equitable Opportunity in Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Devi Akella (Albany State University, USA), Laxmi Paudel (Albany State University, USA), Nadeepa Wickramage (Albany State University, USA), Michael Rogers (Albany State University, USA)and Annalease Gibson (Albany State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9549-7.ch011

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) has become an increasingly popular initiative among the higher education faculty learning communities in recent years. While using this transparency initiative, instructors not only prepare and implement lesson plans and course activities to achieve course specific learning outcomes, but they also share the rationale of their actions with the students. The growing literature supports that TILT strategies provide students an equitable learning opportunity. In this chapter, the author discusses the impact of transparency on students' achievements from the students' perspectives, integrating empirical data gathered from a survey given to the students enrolled in the transparent courses. Students' responses were overwhelmingly positive indicating that transparency gave them higher motivation, better clarity with course objectives, and more fulfilling engagement with their instructor and fellow students. It was also observed that instructors experienced more productive interaction, higher level of work satisfaction, and better course grades.

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