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An important aspect of teaching, no matter the target audience or delivery method (though this is particularly important in asynchronous online education because instructors do not have the opportunity to answer questions synchronously about assignments), is communicating requirements, expectations, and grading criteria for assignments. Although this may seem rudimentary for most instructors, there are many who do not provide sufficient information about assignment requirements. As a result, many students struggle with how best to complete assignments.
One effort to address the need to better communicate expectations to students is the Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education project, which is also known as the TILT Higher Ed project. TILT in Higher Ed is a "national educational development and research project that helps faculty to implement a transparent teaching framework that promotes college students' success" (Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, n.d., para. 1). The project started in 2009 at the Uni versity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign but is now hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (see https:// www.unlv.edu/provost/teachingandlearn- ing). In 2014, the project partnered with the Association of American...