TEACHING TIP
Making a Difference: Effective Course Design
What exactly, is “course design,” and what makes it “effective”? It is the intentional planning of a course to help students achieve significant learning. It begins with a teacher creating essential learning goals (or expected learning outcomes) around which the course is built; it is designing assignments/assessments that can demonstrate students’ achievement of those goals; and then it is planning engaged learning activities that help students attain learning that lasts. Fink calls course design “the most significant [factor]” in improving teaching and learning in higher education.
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