The effectiveness of summer school instruction compared to the regular semester. Interdisciplinarity, writing across the curriculum. The group discussed various ideas for getting students involved, including how to recognize a student who is actively involved in learning. A recurring theme of the discussion was the notion of course ownership. It was generally agreed that this includes some aspect of choice.
Students are uncomfortable evaluating work of their peers.
Student assistants cost money, which may not be in our budgets. Many students are not familiar with the use of a library or the World Wide Web as a research tool. Assignments requiring library research typically require some instruction on library resources by the professor in conjunction with the library staff. The library staff encourages faculty to make them aware of specific library research assignments so that they can anticipate the needs of the students who request assistance. This can ease student frustration as well as make life a bit easier for the librarians.