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Designing Effective and Innovative Courses

Designing Effective and Innovative Courses. Audio access: Call in 1-800-704-9804 Access code: 78331341 Please mute your phone by pressing *6 Alternate number: 1-404-920-6604 ( not toll-free) Technical problems? Contact Monica at mbruckne@carleton.edu. Program begins at 11 am, Fri. June 4

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Designing Effective and Innovative Courses

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  1. Designing Effective and Innovative Courses Audio access: Call in 1-800-704-9804 Access code: 78331341 Please mute your phone by pressing *6 Alternate number: 1-404-920-6604 (not toll-free) Technical problems? Contact Monica at mbruckne@carleton.edu Program begins at 11 am, Fri. June 4 You can find the workshop program at http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign2010/program.html

  2. Preview of the day • 11:10-1:30 Poster session with feedback • 1:30-1:45 Tips for making it work • 1:45-2:30 Work plan, submission to goals/syllabus database • 2:30 End-of-workshop wrap-up

  3. Poster session • Read and offer feedback on everyone’s courses. • Leave Elluminate up; post comments to chat (optional) • Call back in at 1:30 • 1-800-704-9804 • Access code 78331341

  4. Tips for making it work • Know yourself • Are you OK with tossing out an old approach and starting completely from scratch? • Would you be more comfortable making one change at a time? • Either is fine – just know yourself!

  5. Tips for making it work • Know your institution and your situation • Is classroom innovation encouraged? • At your career stage, how much change/risk should you take on? • Does it makes sense to mention what you are doing to your Dean/Chair?

  6. Tips for making it work • Know your work style • Are you the kind of person who needs to have everything “ready to go” on Day 1? • Or are you the kind of person who does better with a good general outline on Day 1 but develops specific activities “on the fly”? • Do you have the time for what you want to do, or do you need to scale back?

  7. Tips for making it work • Plan for the resources you’ll need • What resources do you need? • Data, case studies, articles • Lab supplies • IT support; TAs • What’s your time line for lining up your resources?

  8. Tips for making it work • Don’t go it alone! • Don’t re-invent the wheel • Borrow and adapt good ideas from others • Use the Cutting Edge web site! • http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops • Course design listserv • Consider involving students in your design/re-design project. Students can: • Offer a valuable perspective • Be enthusiastic assistants for the course

  9. Tips for making it work • Make the expectations and course format clear from the first day • What is in the syllabus/on web site • What you say • What you do on the first day of class • Don’t hesitate to tell students often why you are doing what you are doing

  10. Tips for making it work • If you are trying group work for the first time • Start small, use simple, “proven” techniques • Choose ones that appeal to you and fit your personality • Start with low stakes, short activities (think-pair-share, a short gallery walk) • Avoid using edu-jargon (I would never say, “now we’re going to do a jigsaw!!”) • Use short-term groups that change often • Give individual, rather than group grades

  11. Tips for making it work • Be confident, not tentative or apologetic • Don’t give the impression that you are experimenting on students • Listen to your students, and be sure you know how the course is working for them • But don’t ask a question if you’re not willing to hear the answer and do something about it!

  12. Tips for making it work • Watch out for mid-semester meltdown • Mid-semester is when it’s hardest to avoid slipping back into what you’ve done in the past • If you slip back, it’s not a terrible crisis, but it’s easier to avoid if you know it might be coming • Use the course design listserv as a support network

  13. Tips for making it work • Other ideas? Concerns?

  14. Work plan and goals submission • Complete the work plan (linked from Participant page) • Submit your new course goals and goals statement to the Cutting Edge Goals/Syllabus Database (linked from our workshop) • Leave Elluminate up; post comments to chat (optional) • Call back in at 2:30 • 1-800-704-9804 • Access code 78331341

  15. Wrap-up • Last questions and comments? • Please fill out final workshop evaluation (linked from workshop web site) • Email Char or Barb any time!

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