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Course Design and Development
Course Preparation | Course Syllabus | Management of the Classroom
Opening Closing Routines
Course Preparation
- Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches, (2008), Educators' eZine, Tech and Learning
- Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain, W. Huitt, (2004), Educational Psychology Interactive, Valdosta State Univ., GA.
- Design and Teach Your Course , Eberly Center of Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University
- How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/27/03
- Integrated Course Design, L. Dee Fink, Idea Paper 42, The Idea Center.
- Model of Learning Objectives, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Iowa State Univeristy
- Preparing or Revising a Course, Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching (Jossey-Bass; San Francisco, 1993)
- Writing Learning Objectives, University of Texas at Austin
Relevant Books
- Grunert O'Brien, J., Mills B.J., &
Cohen, M.W., The Course
Syllabus: A Learning-Centered
Approach, Jossey-Bass, 2008
Available at the CIIA (CH310) - Nilson, L.B., The Graphic
Syllabus and the Outcomes
Map: Communicating Your
Course Jossey-Bass, 2007
Available at the CIIA (CH310)
Course Syllabus
There is no official university policy on what information a course syllabus must contain. The following links are provided to assist faculty in developing a course syllabus. See also the Bibliography for more Course Syllabus resources.
- Course Syllabus Guidelines (CIIA) Essential components to be included in a syllabus contributed by experienced faculty at WWU, along with information about WWU policies, compiled by the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment
- Course Syllabus Requirements (Woodring) Defined by WWU's Woodring College of education for NCATE review (2004)
- Constructing Legally Sound Syllabi, Faye Hardy-Lucas, Esq., Hampton University General Counsel
- Creating A Syllabus, Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching (Jossey-Bass; San Francisco, 1993)
- Designing a Learning-Centered Syllabus, resource page with examples from the University of Delaware.
- The Purposes of a Syllabus,
Jay Parkes and Mary B. Harris, N. Arizona University - Student Performance Verbs University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Syllabus Example with Course Level Learning Outcomes, Webster University
- Syllabus: Organize Your Teaching, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching, San Francisco State University (includes what makes a good syllabus, how and why a syllabus should function as a contract, road map, and organizational tool)
- Syllabus Report as designed by MIT CDIO Initiative (includes excellent appendix on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives)
- What is an Effective Syllabus? Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota
- Writing a Syllabus, Howard B. Altman and William E. Cashin, Idea Paper 27, The Idea Center
Management of the Classroom
- Classroom Management. Lisa Rodriguez, University of La Verne. Useful "Issues/Solution Suggestions Table"
- Disruptions in the Classroom: Dealing with a Difficult Student, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Saskatchewan
- Managing Classroom Conflict. Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC. (in: For Your Consideration: Suggestions and Reflections on Teaching and Learning, 22: 11/04).
- Managing Conflict (Scenes from a Classroom), Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota
- Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
Opening Closing Routines
- 101 Things You Can Do the First Three Weeks of Class, Joyce Povlacs Lunde, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, made available by Honolulu Community College
- Not Quite 101 Ways to Learning Students' Names, University of Virginia
- Make the Most of the First Day of Class, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University
- A Welcome Routine | A Closing Routine, Indiana State University
- The First Day of Class: Tips for Success, Center for Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC–Chapel Hill
- Twenty ways to make lectures more participatory, Harvard University
