{"id":21978,"date":"2015-06-08t09:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-08t14:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=21978"},"modified":"2015-06-05t11:54:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05t16:54:42","slug":"make-the-most-of-your-course-preparation-time-this-summer-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/06\/make-the-most-of-your-course-preparation-time-this-summer-3\/","title":{"rendered":"make the most of your course preparation time this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/strong><\/p>\n summer time is here, and many faculty members have a break from their usual schedules, a chance to slow down a bit and start planning their fall courses. <\/strong><\/p>\n if you have a breather, you may find this an opportune time to review and refresh your teaching plans and practices.\u00a0 the center for teaching is open all summer, with consultants ready to help you review your classroom accomplishments this past year and consider how to recreate your course designs.<\/p>\n we tailor our consultations to your specific needs, based on a \u201cbackward design\u201d process described in understanding by design<\/a><\/span><\/em> by grant wiggins and jay mctighe.\u00a0 this useful framework works \u201cbackwards\u201d by starting with what we usually consider the last phase of course development, the desired results.\u00a0 identifying the outcomes you want from the course\u2014the learning goals you set for your students\u2014lays a solid foundation for an effective learning experience.\u00a0 then you proceed to creating targeted assessments that provide evidence that they\u2019re making progress toward those specific goals.<\/p>\n you end by designing assignments and activities that give your students practice in using their learning to initiate that progress.\u00a0 in sum, you<\/p>\n come in today and we\u2019ll help you fine-tune your current designs or create brand-new courses.\u00a0 call 322-7290 to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n in addition to consultation, the cft website contains a wealth of useful resources like our collection of 65 guides<\/a>, online documents in which we synthesize and condense some of the research and resulting practices of specific topics in teaching and learning. <\/strong>these guides support our mission by contributing to two main areas in our programs and services:<\/p>\n visit the cft website and discover new ways to structure and organize content, evaluate student learning, and create activities to better engage students with the course material. below are links to a few guides you will find useful as you begin planning your course.<\/p>\n summer time is here, and many faculty members have a break from their usual schedules, a chance to slow down a bit and start planning their fall courses. if you have a breather, you may find this an opportune time to review and refresh your teaching plans and practices.\u00a0 the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 is open…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":463,"featured_media":14549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[185,24,145,242],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154538\/brushes2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21978"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22008,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978\/revisions\/22008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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