60-Second SoTL – Episode 60

How much time should students have to take online, multiple-choice tests? That’s the focus of the open-access Teaching & Learning Inquiry article featured in this week’s 60-second SoTL:

Kennette, Lynne N., and Dawn McGuckin. 2025. “Best Practice for Online Tests: How Long Do Students Actually Need?”. Teaching and Learning Inquiry 13 (July):1–11. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.35.

View a transcript of this episode.

Show Credits

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric.

60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee.

Multiple-choice test image in episode art by Freepik

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