San José State University : Center for Faculty Development : Course Design Program

Course Design Program

The Course Design Program provides focused development opportunities, consultation, and rewards to faculty who are concerned with the effectiveness of student learning.

Goals	To transform a course and utilize the appropriate and effective instructional strategies and technologies to develop, implement, and evaluate a face-to-face, blended, or an online course.
Intended Learning Outcomes	To discover the strengths and areas for improvement in your course To identify and clarify student intended learning outcomes by unpacking abstract to concrete or theory to practice To design performance tasks that are aligned with the intended learning objectives and assessments To adapt and adopt the appropriate teaching strategies and instructional technologies to empower students to achieve their performance tasks
Rewards	A Certificate of Recognition Opportunities to showcase your work to the campus A plaque in the Center for Faculty Development Course Design Hall of Fame Faculty will receive these rewards when they complete the following: Participate in the Go Forward with Backward Design Workshop, Attend four additional relevant workshops*, and Consult with an instructional designer for a minimum of five hours.
Reference Materials	Materials for hands-on activities in the workshop Alignment matrix of a sample lesson plan [doc] Description of 6 Facets of Understanding [doc] Guiding questions for using the Backward Design template [doc] Template for Backward Design process [doc] Template for mapping 6 Facets of Understanding [doc] Using the 6 Facets of Understanding to reflect on my understandings of accessibility [pdf] Online reference materials Blogger's Reflection on Backward Design Bloom's Taxonomy Revised eBook of Understanding by Design by G. Wiggins & J. McTighe at the MLK Library Option for Stage 3: Gagne's 9 Events of Instructions Option for Stage 3: Keller's ARCS Model. Rubric for assessing the 6 Facets for Understanding from Cal State Fullerton

*Examples of Relevant Workshops Available at the Center for Faculty Development.

More examples are available at our Events page with the latest time and dates.Consulting with your instructional designer will also help you identify the appropriate workshops.

^TITLE	^{INTRODUCTION TO TURNITIN}	^{INTRODUCTION TO ELLUMINATE LIVE!}	^{DEVELOPING ACCESSIBLE FACULTY WEB PAGE WITH WEBSITE BUILDER}	^{CLICKERS IN CLASSROOM}
^BENEFIT	^{This plagiarism prevention system will foster academic integrity awareness and improve student citation skills.}	^{Getting started with this versatile web conferencing tool will maximize active learning in hybrid or online courses.}	^{Creation of an accessible web site will disseminate timely course materials and references for your students.}	^{This student response system will enable you to engage students, collect their feedback, and administer quizzes.}

^TITLE	^{TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION}	^{DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE LECTURES WITH POWERPOINT}	^{EDUCATED PERSON DIALOGUES}	^{FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT}
^BENEFIT	^{Facilitating students to use web-based software such as wiki, Google docs, etc. will motivate and enhance group work.}	^{Creating interactive and engaging lectures will promote active learning, and visual literacy.}	^{Monthly dialogue topics on what it means to be an educated person and what more faculty can do to help students on their lifelong learning journey.}	^{Adoption of quick and easy ways to assess student progress will provide timelyopportunities for improvement.}

_{This program primarily uses the principles from Understanding by Design (G. Wiggins & J. McTighe).}

_{Participation in the Course Design Program is limited.}

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