“Aiming for the Moon”: Designing Assignments for Mastery-Based Achievement 

“Aiming for the Moon”: Designing Assignments for Mastery-Based Achievement 

ByDaniel Benzimra

A Mastery-Based Grading (MBG) assignment is an educational assessment designed to evaluate a student’s proficiency in specific competencies that are critical to their field of study. MBG assignments challenge students to go beyond rote memory and instead apply their knowledge to practical, real-world scenarios—encouraging them to reach for the moon in every endeavor! This educational…

Introductory and community-building discussions in online courses
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Introductory and community-building discussions in online courses

ByGeorge Veletsianos and admin

This blog post was originally written by Dr. George Veletsianos, a professor at Royal Roads University and Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning. We would like to thank Dr. Veletsianos for allowing us to repost his blog. Link to original post: https://www.veletsianos.com/2020/09/11/introductory-and-community-building-discussions-in-online-courses/ Link to Dr. Veletsianos’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/veletsianos The beginning of the (unique) Fall semester…