Course Design
Books
Creating Significant Learning Experiences
Fink, L. Dee Located in the Dalhousie University Electronic Resources |
Large First-Year Course Re-design to Promote Student Engagement and Student Learning (2013) Leger, Andrew |
Course design focuses on the development of a course for optimal student learning. This section focuses on ways to ensure the alignment of key course aspects including: conceptualizing learning outcomes; planning learning activities (such as labs, problems or cases, lectures or group work); selecting the appropriate learning materials from available resources; and designing assessments.
Resources
Course Design Through Constructive Alignment
Whys and Hows of Assessment - Assessment Basics
Assessing first year students [Word - 147k]
Engendering College Student Success: Improving the First Year and Beyond
In the News!
The 3 Essential Functions of Your Syllabus, Part 1
By James M. Lang
February 23, 2015
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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The 3 Essential Functions of Your Syllabus, Part 2
By James M. Lang
March 30, 2015
The Chronicle of Higher Education
