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Look forward. Look backward. Today’s topic: Communicating The course. Activity: Checklist for final Teaching portfolio. Activity: Plan for what needs To be done over The next three months. Activity: Review your present Syllabus with a Checklist. Activity: With a partner, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Look forward
Look backwardToday’s topic:
CommunicatingThe course
Activity: Review your present
Syllabus with a Checklist
Activity: Checklist for finalTeaching portfolio Activity:
Plan for what needsTo be done over
The next three months
Activity: With a partner,
Brainstorm alternativeMethods of communication
Re-Presenting Your Course
Syllabus, Calendar, Text, Materials
Course Redesign
Course redesign is the process of restructuring the way the content of a course is delivered. It generally involves the redesign of an entire course (rather than individual classes or sections) to achieve better learning outcomes.
5 Principles of Course Redesign
Principle #1: Redesign the whole course. Principle #2: Encourage active learning. Principle #3: Provide students with
individualized assistance. Principle #4: Build in ongoing assessment
and prompt (automated) feedback. Principle #5: Ensure sufficient time on task
and monitor student progress.
Essential Elements
Goals, Objectives, Outcomes Activities Feedback Assessment Materials (Reading, Viewing,
Interacting, Experimenting)
Communication with Students
Verbal Syllabus Web site
Three strong beliefs associated with a course syllabus
The syllabus is the key tangible evidence of planning from instructor to the world.
The planning manifested through the syllabus can reduce, before a class even meets, about half the work for teaching a course.
The syllabus serves as a communication device and contract to shift the responsibility for learning to the student.
Performance Instruction: Planning, Delivering, Evaluating, by Daniel E. Vogler, 1991.
Purposes of the Syllabus
Offer students a clear and concise statement of what your course is about;
Tell them how you are going to teach the material to them and why;
Provide all the logistical information they need to engage you and the course materials easily;
Explain to them exactly what is required of them, when and why;
Lay out for them the essential elements of the social contract that you and they are entering into.
Motivation: a warm tone and inclusive, accessible writing motivate students to engage with the course; positive presuppositions expressed about students facilitates in them a positive self-fulfilling prophecy.
3 Functions of Syllabi
Slattery, J. M. and Carlson, J. F.(2005).Preparing an effective
syllabus: current best practices. College Teaching, 53, pp. 159-165. http://www.ctl.csus.edu/EffectiveSyllabi.html
Structure: a clear map of topics and related assignments and due dates facilitates proper student planning. Writing a clear syllabus helps us, as faculty, grasp the plan and purpose of the course deeply.
3 Functions of Syllabi
Evidence: in case of disputes regarding the course, the syllabus is often used by administrators or mediators to resolve them; in tenure and promotion cycles, syllabi are important documents as evidence of currency, innovation and mastery of course material; students need well-designed syllabi to facilitate transfer of credits between departments or institutions.
3 Functions of Syllabi
How Blackboard Influences Communication
http://blackboard.uc.edu
Essential Elements of a Syllabus
Course Name Instructor Contact Information Class Meeting Days, Times, and Locations as
appropriate Course Overview/Introduction Course Motivational statement Course Goals Student Performance Objectives Course alignment Content outline Course schedule
Essential Elements of a Syllabus
Text(s) and Readings Student Performance Assessments
Project/Papers/Products Tests/Examinations
Basic Classroom Management Policies Attendance/Tardy Policy Late Submissions
Other responsibilities (lab work, field work etc.) Grading "Academic dishonesty" statement
The syllabus as a legal document
http://www.hamptonu.edu/administration/provost/cte/whitepapers/legally_sound.htm
Design issues
Font White space Graphics
Samples of Syllabi from Carnegie Mellon
http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/syllabus/samples-creative/index.html