Design Your Course

Asynchronous work:
Begins Monday, May 9

Synchronous sessions:
Wednesday, May 11 • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday, July 29 • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Location:
Williams 308

Design Your Course will help you develop effective learning outcomes, engaging learning activities, assessments which properly align to your assignments, and a welcoming syllabus... all in time for the start of the academic year. It is intended to help pre-tenure and non-tenure track instructors develop effective teaching practices through research-based pedagogical inquiry. At the conclusion of this experience, you will have created a course plan designed to support student success through evidence-based equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility pedagogy.

The experience will kick-off with a face-to-face meeting in Williams Hall on Wednesday, May 11. Work will continue online. You will participate in asynchronous work through ReggieNet with a cohort of your peers. During May and June, you will learn how to fully develop course materials, and you'll spend July working on your own course. The workshop concludes with a final group session on July 29.

Depending upon experience, you can expect to spend anywhere from 6 to 13 hours each week participating in Design Your Course. A $500 stipend is available to eligible participants who complete the program. This workshop is limited to 12 participants.

Please note: Tenured faculty members may apply, but preference will be given to pre-tenure and non-tenure track instructors. Graduate students are not eligible to take DYC but may be interested in a similar experience offered through the Future Faculty program; email David Giovagnoli at dgiovag@ilstu.edu to learn more.

Participation Limits

Due to the time commitment associated with cohort experiences, instructors are limited to taking only one of the following workshops in Summer 2022: Design Your Course; (Re)Design Your Course for Civic Engagement; Going Global with Your Course; Reinvent Your Course for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access; Plan a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Project; AIM Online.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to

design effective learning outcomes, syllabi, and learning activities.
align assignments and assessment instruments.
develop good teaching practices informed by research-based pedagogical inquiry
integrate the "seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education" into your course design and teaching and evaluate the nature and pedagogical needs of today's undergraduates.

Facilitators

David Giovagnoli, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology 
Tina McGuire, Communication; Teaching and Learning

If you need a special accommodation to fully participate in a CTLT event, please contact CTLT at CTLT@ilstu.edu.