Description

Assignments Across Disciplines (AAD) is a digital assignment library and accompanying community of practice at the University of Toronto focused on enhancing teaching and learning through better assignments. This open-access educational collection is accessible on TSpace and includes assignments from across the disciplines that have been peer-reviewed by instructors, librarians, educational developers, learning strategists, and graduate teaching assistants. Contributions to the AAD collection normally include the assignment instructions, rubric, and student exemplars if available. From blogs, podcasts, and posters, to more traditional essay assignments, AAD gives instructors access to a broad range of assignments and gives contributors formative feedback on key aspects of their assignments, such as learning outcomes or objectives, the description of assignment process or tasks, sequencing and scaffolding of larger assignments, and evaluation criteria. Assignment contributors receive credit for making their teaching resources available to others (choosing which creative commons licensing they prefer) as users are encouraged to cite entries from collection. Students also have a voice in AAD by nominating assignments that they feel have contributed in significant ways to their learning.