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Educational Grand Rounds October 17, 2008 David M. Thompson, Ph.D., P.T.

The APC through the Back Door: A Guide to the "Suggested Guidelines for Course Syllabi“ (with apologies to Rick Steves ). Educational Grand Rounds October 17, 2008 David M. Thompson, Ph.D., P.T. Assistant Professor Dept. of Biostatistics and Epidemiology College of Public Health, OUHSC

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Educational Grand Rounds October 17, 2008 David M. Thompson, Ph.D., P.T.

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  1. The APC through the Back Door: A Guide to the "Suggested Guidelines for Course Syllabi“ (with apologies to Rick Steves) Educational Grand Rounds October 17, 2008 David M. Thompson, Ph.D., P.T. Assistant ProfessorDept. of Biostatistics and EpidemiologyCollege of Public Health, OUHSC http://moon.ouhsc.edu/dthompso/objectv.htm Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  2. Where are they? OUHSC home page Administration Admissions and Records Academic Program Council (APC) Syllabus Instructionshttp://www.ouhsc.edu/admissions/SyllabusInstruct.htm Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  3. Who endorses them? • Academic Programs Committee (APC), OUHSC • Curriculum Review Committee (CRC), Graduate College • APCs of various Colleges Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  4. Why should faculty care about course syllabi? • Helps instructor to structure the course. • Reinforces structure for the student • Establishes level of student understanding • Specifies division of labor between instructor and student Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  5. Incidentally, why do I care? • Causes me to specify what I expect, to distinguish between • what the students must know • and what is “nice to know.” • Gratifies students, who like to know what I expect. • Eliminates need to check attendance Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  6. Components of syllabus Basic information • Course Name • Semester • Hours • Location • Instructor’s name • Office location • Telephone • Email • Office Hours Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  7. Components of syllabusDescription and Prerequisites must match the information • listed on the OUHSC catalog, • and on forms submitted to APC. Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  8. Components of syllabusHelpful boilerplate • Academic Misconduct • include statement and link to OU policy: • Appendix C of the OUHSC Faculty Handbook • http://www.ouhsc.edu/admissions/handbook/Academic_Misconduct.htm. • Reasonable Accommodation for Disabilities • Include brief statement and link to OU policy. • http://www.ouhsc.edu/admissions/handbook/Reasonable_Accommodation.htm Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  9. Reasonable accommodation Students formally request reasonable accommodation through Suzette Dyer OU Disability Resource Center Goddard Health Center, Norman Campus 620 Elm Avenue, Suite 166 The DRC confirms the disability and works with course instructors to arrange reasonable accommodations. http://drc.ou.edu/content/view/164/120/ Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  10. Components of syllabusHelpful boilerplate • HIPAA Statement • If course requires patient contact. • Registration and Withdrawal • include OU policy  Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  11. Components of syllabus:Course conduct, objectives, and evaluation • Learning Objectives • Conduct of the Course • Format • Assigned reading • Assignments • homework assignments • policy on late submissions • Examinations • type of exams and policies • Policy on absence during exams • Method of Evaluation and Grading • grading scale • weighting of graded components • Course Materials • Both required and other useful references • Course Outline Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  12. Learning Objectives Grad College CRC is dedicated to helping faculty use course objectives • to facilitate teaching and learning • to structure a learning contract between teacher and learner Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  13. Components of useful course objectives • Audience • Behavior (Overt and measurable performance) • Condition • Degree (Level of performance) Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  14. Examples of specific course objectives http://moon.ouhsc.edu/ dthompso/objectv.htm Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  15. Enables (forces) the instructor to present concretely the course’s structure. Reinforces the structure for the student. Why so many? Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  16. Establishes the goal level of student understanding Settles questions about what will be on exams Why such detail? Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  17. between the instructor’s obligation to provide a variety of experiences: lectures problem solving sessions labs and the students’ obligation to: attend class solve problems read do homework Defines a division of labor Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  18. Eliminates need to check attendance (“Are you going to say anything important?”) Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  19. Instructor must specify what students must know and acknowledge what is nice to know. Students need to know what the instructor expects. Matches expectations Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

  20. Resources to facilitate writing of learning objectives • Online tutorial • Web sources for performance taxonomies for three domains (cognitive, affective, psychomotor. • http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html • http://krummefamily.org/guides/bloom.html • Using objectives as a learning contact • http://moon.ouhsc.edu/dthompso/objectv.htm Educational Grand Rounds 10-17-2008

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