Revisiting the Syllabus
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.
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
January 31, 2020
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
Course Design
Culturally Responsive Teaching and UDL
Creating educational experiences for our students that integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), a philosophy of education that centers students’
Gwen Bass, PhD, and Michael Lawrence-Riddell
January 20, 2020
UDL: A Powerful Framework
Increasingly, instructors at the college level are called upon to create classroom learning experiences that can be characterized using terms like academically rigorous, accessible, differentiated,
Gwen Bass, PhD, and Michael Lawrence-Riddell
January 6, 2020
Course Design: Aligning Learning Expectations, Instruction, and Assessment
I found the article, “Testing and Assessment: Looking in the Wrong Places” by Dr. Caristi (Faculty Focus, 11 Sept. 2019) interesting. But, if I am
Howard Kimmel, PhD
December 2, 2019
Designing a Course with Accountability and Dale’s Cone of Experience
When I began designing my course activities, I needed a model that would include all modalities of the learning processes. As my blueprint, I chose
Dimple J. Martin, PhD
November 19, 2019
Instructional Design: Who’s Playing First in My Course?
At a symposium about teaching projects on our campus, one group of faculty presented a set of projects they had done that involved giving students
Bob Eierman
November 15, 2019
Instructional Design Basics
Instructional designers can help with many different course-based problems and challenges, including helping you figure out where and how to start with your course design.
Kristin Ziska Strange
October 25, 2019
Preparing for the Students You Actually Have in Class—Without the Assumptions
Today’s enrollment trends present an opportunity for faculty to engage an incredibly diverse student body. But to support all of our students, we may need
Matthew Vickless, PhD
October 16, 2019
11 Steps to Planning a Course You’ve Never Taught Before
You wait with anticipation. You receive the email: Course assignments are posted. You click on your Course Assignment. And—you’re assigned to teach a course that
Megan Pietruszewski
September 18, 2019
In the Halls of the King Under the Mountain (of Grading)
A very short trip to a time long ago J. R. R. Tolkien’s famous 1937 fantasy book, The Hobbit, introduces among its heroes a fierce
Thomas J. Tobin PhD
September 4, 2019