Questions relating to the design of courses, such as ordering of material, frequency of assessment, duration of class sessions, homework requirements, etc.
Questions tagged [course-design]
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Course gamification: rewards that aren't bonus marks?
I am experimenting with a game mechanism in my course in which students can progress through 4 core competencies, A, B, C, and D. Each competency has 3 levels, 1, 2, and 3. The game component is optional. The idea is that each level of each…
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What is a good process for developing a new course from scratch?
If all goes according to plan,
I will be teaching a new course in the next academic year.
Although I do have some experience teaching an existing course
which was previously developed by my colleagues,
this will be my first time preparing and…
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Can a single college course section be taught by two professors?
For example, having half of the lessons taught by one professor, and the other half of the lessons taught by another professor.
If this isn't possible, why isn't it possible? Can you provide any links to further information on how it's done (e.g.…
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When developing a course, how to determine number of credits?
I am a graduate student helping with the development of a course and will be teaching at least part of it. However, I found out recently that the program wants to offer it as a 1-2 credit course.
It's being sold as a "journal club" format, but…
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Developing a digital literacy course
I am developing a digital literacy course in Persian. Do you know where can I find a similar course or quality content in English?
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Strategies to manage long-term course development
I'm in an interesting position in that I get to work with multiple instructors on multiple courses. I'm usually tasked with coming up with draft assignments, rubrics, and other learning material. So far I've been approaching this on a basis of…
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What is the code of ethics and citation in course development
Say you are developing a new advanced course in Computer Science in a fast-developing area.
You may look at equivalent courses given elsewhere that partially overlap with your new course, while structuring your slides and Syllabus.
You may give…
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