Course Design & Renovation Workshop

Monday May 7th & Wednesday May 9th, 2012
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Room 121, The D.B. Weldon Library

Description

The purpose of this two-day workshop is to facilitate the design or redesign of a course that you will be teaching in the upcoming year. At the end of the workshop you will have completed the necessary steps to create a course structure, identify learning objectives, and design learning activities to achieve those objectives.

Topics may include:

  • Course and Instructional Objectives/Goals
  • Universal Design for Course Construction
  • Structuring an Effective Course
  • Selecting Learning Activities
  • Teaching Library Research Methods
  • Team Teaching and Interdisciplinary Course Planning
  • Preparing an Effective Course Syllabus
  • Setting Course Policies
  • Blended Learning: Using the web to enhance face-to-face instruction
  • Matching Objectives to Assessment MethodsAlternative Forms of Assessment

Enrollment in the workshop will be limited to 12 faculty members so that the course goals and topics can be tailored to the needs of the participants.