Herbert Brown III

Emory,

Do you find that many of your students are using the supplemental information? Do you have any way to know or track that they are or are not using it?

Herbert Brown III

Emory Reeves

I usually get good feedback on the additional information I include on my assignments. It's usually a video blog from a trusted source about the topic that was discussed in their assignment. It's totally optional and works great for those students that want a little more.

Nicholas Wisniske

Brian, you're absolutely right about additional "readings". They can become tedious, especially for students who already feel overworked. But posting videos or links to websites is a GREAT alternative. Especially the TED Talks as mentioned above.

Find videos that are relevant(not tough seeing as the Internet has basically everything), informative and quick(I've found that 8:00 -10:00 minutes is really the sweet spot).

These are great and usually fun extra resources!

Brian Stout

I have debated with myself on this very topic. I am not sure if there is a benefit to additional course readings- usually the material of the course has ENOUGH readings for the student. Any additional material will not necessarily be read by the student, and if so, not necessarily at a very critical level.

Perhaps additional reading should come with additional credit as an incentive, but it would require some kind of assessment. This should be made non-trivial in order to assure that the student as critically examined the extra material.

BJS

David Goodman

I often post interesting sites for additional reading and also TED talks are useful.