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Key Topics
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Goals for student learning should drive classroom activities and assessments. Start here to learn more about how to build clear and measurable student learning objectives/outcomes.
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Good teaching attempts to measure students’ progress towards course objectives--both informally and formally. This section provides information about how to design good exams, rubrics, and other ways to assess student learning.
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- Developing rubrics and assessment activities
- Mapping curriculum across a program
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Good teaching provides multiple ways for students to develop their knowledge through effective learning activities--discussion, hands-on learning, course readings, collaborative projects, etc. This section provides a variety of ideas for developing engaging and effective learning activities.
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- Tools for learning
- Active and engaged learning
- Lecture-based learning
- Lab-based courses
- Large-enrollment courses
- Discussion-based Courses
- Reflective learning
- Writing-to-learn activities
- Minimizing plagiarism
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No matter how strong a course’s objectives, assessments, and activities are, those elements are worthless if they are not delivered thoughtfully. Good teaching takes into account student characteristics, the mode of delivery, teacher persona, goals of equity and inclusion, etc. This section provides ideas that can improve day-to-day delivery of your course.
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- Course structure and syllabus design
- Modes of delivery
- Course management
- Motivation and engagement
- Inclusive teaching, accessibility, and Universal Design
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At the heart of course and program revision is ongoing attention to what worked and what did’t. This section provides materials that can help you evaluate successes and weaknesses related to objectives, assessments, activities, and implementation.
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- Reflection as a form of evaluation
- Rubrics, checklists, and other tools for evaluating course design and delivery
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