The syllabus—most of us use them, many of our students don’t read them. We wondered if this venerable artifact of teaching might merit a revisit. So, last fall we…
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Can a syllabus get students excited for your course? What will keep students coming back to it? These seven design elements can help students get the most out of…
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“Do you know how much this exam is worth?” “I can’t find any office hours listed for one of my classes—are there any?.” “What if I get sick and…
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It had happened before, sitting at the computer, working on a syllabus, again, fluctuating between excitement about a new course and a vague sense that life itself was being…
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Recent pedagogical interests have me wading through research on multi-tasking and revisiting what’s happening with cheating. In both cases, most of us have policies that prohibit, or in the…
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The “find and replace” feature in Word quickly makes an old syllabus ready for a new course. Use it too many times and thinking about the course settles into…
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The literature on teaching and learning has improved so much over the years. Researchers are now covering important aspects of both in depth, analyzing with creative designs and exploring…
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A Learner-Centered Syllabus Helps Set the Tone for Learning
July 29, 2015 Mary Bart
At its most basic level, the syllabus is used to communicate information about the course, the instructor, learning objectives, assignments, grading policies, due dates, the university’s academic integrity statement,…
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The ability to teach is not something that one either has or does not have. Teachers are not born. Rather, they are made, through hard work, research, continual learning,…
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How much time do you spend each semester creating, updating or maintaining your course syllabi? According to a new report released today by the Syllabus Institute, on average instructors…