
Food for Thought: Setting the Table for Learning
Whenever a restaurant asks him for a credit card to schedule a reservation, New York Times food critic Pete Wells writes, “I hear several

Whenever a restaurant asks him for a credit card to schedule a reservation, New York Times food critic Pete Wells writes, “I hear several

When it comes to feedback about course quality, students and teachers aren’t necessarily using the same yardstick. “How hard is it to get a good

When teachers are tasked with developing an online course, their thinking often follows along these lines: This is what I do in class. How can

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course you’ve taught before? Where do you start? Early in my career, “one chapter

If you asked students to tell you what makes a course hard, what would they say? Would their answers be the same as yours? Would

The Oxford Dictionary defines “syllabus” as “an outline of the subjects in a course of study or teaching.”
“Students who read a good syllabus are

This assignment gets students thinking about and revealing questions and issues of importance to them.

A learner-centered syllabus shifts the syllabus emphasis from “What will be covered?” to “How can the course promote learning and intellectual development in students?”