Context

CTE was approached in Spring 2007 to facilitate a course design process in support of a new curriculum in a new program, with students to arrive January 2008.

Approach

The Associate Director, CTE along with the SID, Programming designed and delivered an abbreviated version of the Teaching Excellence Academy, supported by CTE Liaisons (e-Portfolio and Science). In the Academy, faculty members created a concept map for their courses, wrote learning outcomes, chose formative and summative assessments, and selected learning activities in order to create course outlines that were well-aligned and clearly articulated. Interactive exercises facilitated the development of the outlines and created an open learning environment among the Department members.

Results

Faculty members created course outlines and began to map the assessments and activities to be used in their upcoming courses to identify areas of interaction, overlap, and gaps. They were able to see a visual representation of the kinds of work students were being asked to do across the first term’s curriculum and adjust accordingly.