Each year in May, The Gwenna Moss Centre is pleased to provide a one-week, intensive course design workshop for faculty. The dates for 2012 are May 7 to 11.
In this workshop a multidisciplinary group of participants will:
- Discuss fundamental course design processes and best practices integral to the development of new courses or the redesign of existing courses.
- Apply course design processes and best practices into the development of a course design proposal.
- Analyze the various elements of course design and the teaching and learning process within the context of their own discipline.
- Engage in collaborative discussion and peer critique with colleagues from across disciplines about their own course design.
- Interpret their course design proposal from a student perspective.
- Develop an action plan to carry out their course design proposal.
The workshop will integrate large and small group activities with opportunities for individuals to design or redesign a course in their subject area. Large group activities will include presentations of major concepts and cases illustrating their application. The workshop progresses through the process of course design from writing objectives to sequencing and organizing content, selecting appropriate teaching strategies, and integrating assessment. The workshop is intended to give participants an opportunity to actively work at designing or revising a course.
