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Backward Design, Forward Progress

…trajectory as educators and serves as a useful bridge to interactions with faculty outside of our disciplines. Making tough decisions First, (re)designing a course via backward design forces us to…

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

…a concept-based microlecture that explains the backwards design model, or a skills-based microlecture that demonstrates how to craft measurable objectives for a lesson plan. Microlectures have three key characteristics (Zheng,…

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Teaching a Course as a Narrative Arc

…your students. Rather than travel the traditional path for course construction by first choosing course materials and connecting various elements together in a syllabus, work from the endpoint. Backwards design,…

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