FLC+Course+Design+Projects


 * **Project 1 ** || Review the literature in the teaching of your course or discipline to articulate the conceptual, content or pedagogical problems emerging; complete Stoner and Higgins (2010) questionnaire and plot existing and desired course curricular location; talk with a colleague teaching in your discipline (same course or similar course) to articulate LOCAL problems with course or curriculum designs. (Related to goal #1) ||
 * **Project 2 ** || Part 1, participants present their existing patterns and practices of course design. Each participant will attempt to identify at least one relevant idea from each presentation that may enrich their own design approaches; part 2, using material from the resource list attached, participants will research at least approaches to design (e.g. Fink and Richlin) and present on the FLC wiki 1) an abstract of each author’s conceptual approach, 2) an exemplar of that approach and 3) a critique of it. (Related to goal #2) ||
 * **Project 3 ** || Review the literature on high-impact teaching practices. Identify specific strategies to be implemented into a selected course. Have a conversation with a fellow FLC member about the rationale for selected teaching practices and specific ways to implement these practices. Share the conversation with the FLC group and explain how the process helped transform their thinking about teaching. (Related to goal #3) ||
 * **Project 4 ** || Each participant will anticipate at least two instructional issues in one of their courses and develop a formative assessment tool for each; implement the assessment during the course, interpret the data and make decisions regarding design changes. (Related to goal #4) ||
 * **Project 5 ** || Participants will make a 20 minute presentation on their development as course designers. Participants will articulate the most significant and specific design choices they have made as a result of the FLC, and anticipated developments in design for the next semester. (Related to goal #5.) ||
 * **Project 6 ** || Participants will also organize a colloquium in their respective departments or colleges to present ideas they developed in the FLC. ||