RESEARCHER FIELD NOTES

The Mary-Ann Winkelmes Lens

Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT)

Use This Tool

Look for places where students may be expected to infer the purpose, process, or criteria for successful work. Use the field notes below to help you identify possible friction, consider what learner evidence could confirm it, and make an evidence-informed design decision by making expectations more visible.

Winkelmes Researcher Field Notes

Use these field notes as a quick reference during the workshop activities.

Researcher Field Notes

Infographic summarizes Mary-Ann Winkelmes's work on Transparency in Learning and Teaching.

Winkelmes field notes applying TILT to learner evidence, transparent design decisions, and continuous improvement.

Quick Reminder

Transparency does not mean reducing rigor or giving students the answers. The goal is to make the purpose, task, and criteria for success visible so students can spend their effort doing the work rather than trying to guess what the instructor wants.

References and Attributions

Winkelmes, M. A., Bernacki, M. L., Butler, J., Zochowski, M., Golanics, J., & Weavil, K. H. (2016). A teaching intervention that increases underserved college students' success. Peer Review, 18(1–2), 31–36. https://www.aacu.org/peerreview/2016/winter-spring/Winkelmes

Winkelmes, M. A. (n.d.). Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) Higher Ed. TILT Higher Ed. https://www.tilthighered.com/

Visual attribution: Researcher Field Notes graphics were developed for the Design for Humans workshop.