(Read Part One from this link) In Part One of this piece, we took a nice, prefabricated stroll through the process of rehabilitating some unrefined learning outcomes. While we were successful in meeting that goal, we inadvertently pulled a thread which unraveled a horrible truth: Our cake course doesn’t actually teach students how to Read More…
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5 Steps to Prepare your Online Course for Spring Semester
Hello USM Faculty! Spring semester is almost upon us and I’m here to help you get those shiny, new Blackboard course shells ready for your throngs of knowledge-hungry students! The checklist below will save you the time of searching for that one email from last year that tells you what to click on, or wracking Read More…
Honing Your Course’s Learning Outcomes: Part 1
Learning Outcomes are the core of any course. They describe specifically what a student should be able to “do” as a result of completing a learning experience. While this is the essence of what a learning outcome is, it doesn’t tell you how to leverage outcomes as tools to guide the design of your course, Read More…