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The Academy begins on Monday, February 10, 2024
This site is provided as a resource to prepare you for a successful start. It is not intended to be a comprehensive syllabus – you'll find more resources in the course itself.
WELCOME
WELCOME
Let's explore our Liquid Syllabus!
We are excited to join you in an adventure into backward design! First, watch our welcome video to find out who we are. You'll get to know us more throughout our course. See you soon!
Roxie, Elise, Kim, and Amy
COURSE OUTCOMES
COURSE OUTCOMES
The activities you complete in this course are designed to scaffold your learning to support your professional growth and achieve your course goals. This will be done through hands-on course design, content creation, discussions with your peers, and critical self-reflections.
Through the successful completion of this course, you will:
Through the successful completion of this course, you will:
Apply backward design to your course planning
Design/redesign activities/assessments to support transformative learning
Integrate instructional strategies/practices to foster an inclusive learning environment
Engage in at least one non-evaluative teaching/design feedback method
Foster relationships among colleagues within and across disciplines
Provide a public Showcase that includes a reflective summary of your design/redesign
Share your course/teaching design/redesign at the Spring 2024 Teaching Excellence Symposium
HOW THIS COURSE WORKS
HOW THIS COURSE WORKS
Our course begins on Monday, February 12, 2024. We will publish the course early, on Saturday, February 10th , in case you'd like to get a jumpstart on your week. We hope you take time to enjoy the weekend.
This is a fully online course that is facilitated by us. You will log into Humboldt's Canvas to complete the course content. The log-in link is in the footer below.
This 4-week course is organized into four 1-week modules, preceded by a Getting Started module.
Each module will officially begin on Monday. However, we will open each new module on the preceding Saturday to accommodate those of you who wish to work during the weekend.
This is not a self-paced course. You will interact with your peers regularly in activities.
Each module has activities with due dates that fall on Friday and Sunday.
OUR PACT
OUR PACT
Your successful completion of this professional development opportunity is a partnership between you and us as facilitators. Together, we must be mindful of our shared expectations. Please take a moment to read them now and mentally commit to them as you begin this journey into backward design.
What you can expect of us:
What you can expect of us:
As your facilitators, we will be actively present in your learning experience.
While all of us will be present in the course, you will receive feedback from your lead facilitator.
Your lead facilitator will respond to your questions within 24-hours and provide individualized support in response to your needs.
We will provide regular feedback on all of your assignments.
We will create a positive and supportive environment where you will feel safe to experiment.
We will recognize the privileges and blindspots we bring to our course and strive to grow, while acknowledging that being human – not perfect – is our goal.
As educators ourselves, we understand that you are busy and that you have many competing priorities. When needed, we will be flexible to support your successful completion of this course.
What we expect of you:
What we expect of you:
You will log into our course each week no later than Monday evening to evaluate the work/due dates that week.
Each week, you will invest about 5 hours of time to the coursework and assignments.
You will aim to submit all assignments on time. If you identify a concern with meeting a due date, you will contact us directly early in the week to discuss your concern and come to an agreement about an extension if needed.
If necessary, you will apply feedback to assignments and resubmit them to earn a completion.
You will be brave and challenge yourself to lean into discomfort. This is the space where growth occurs.
You will challenge yourself to try new things, keep an open mind, and recognize that mistakes are a vital part of the learning process. We all make them and we will celebrate them together.
You will be thoughtful in your interactions with peers while taking extra care to respect diverse perspectives and support the professional growth of educators with varying years of experience.
OUR TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
OUR TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
This class is a community. You are not in this alone. To be a successful community, each member must be regularly present in this course, be curious, be willing to lean into discomfort, have a positive attitude, and a willingness to help one another. Each member of this community is different and those differences will strengthen your learning by yielding unique insights drawn from diverse experiences. We acknowledge the tremendous amount of expertise in our community and encourage you to support and help one another as challenges and questions are shared.
Moving outside of your comfort zone is necessary to learn and grow. Keep in mind that when you feel struggle, it is a sign that you are learning. We will celebrate that feeling. When mistakes happen (and they will!), we will recognize them as learning moments that contribute to our growth.
Let’s work together to make this a positive learning experience for everyone!
WEEK 1 SUCCESS KIT
WEEK 1 SUCCESS KIT
We want you to be successful in week one so you feel motivated to keep going! This section lays out your week one success plan.
In week one you will complete two modules: Getting Started and Module 1:
What you will need for week one
What you will need for week one
A course sandbox - This is course shell in Canvas that you can use to develop course materials, activities, etc. This will be helpful to use as a 'sandbox' to try new things throughout this course
Access to a computer with a webcam,
A list of the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for the course you are designing/redesigning
Due dates for week one
Academy due dates will regularly fall on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.Due dates for week one
By Wednesday, 2/14 at 11:59pm:
Submit the Getting to Know You Survey
Set up Your Teaching Feedback Method
Subscribe to the Q&A Café
Begin drafting your Course Roadmap Using Backward Design
By Friday, 2/16 at 11:59pm:
Add your first post the Ice Breaker (Flip)
Add your first post in the Course Roadmap Using Backward Design
By Sunday, 2/18 at 11:59pm:
Post one reply to a peer in the Ice Breaker
Post two replies to peers in the Course Roadmap Using Backward Design Discussion
Submit your first weekly Reflection
OUR TIPS FOR SUCCESS
OUR TIPS FOR SUCCESS
We have supported many, many educators through successful online professional development experiences. Based on these experiences, we've learned a few things about how to be successful. Please take a look at these helpful tips:
Use Chrome as your browser. Canvas works best on Chrome and so do various other technologies you'll be using in our course. We recommend you download Chrome now if you don't have it installed already.
Log in to our course each Monday to orient yourself to the new module/week. We suggest that you start with the Week Overview at the beginning of each week so that you can see the 'big picture' for that week. Mark the assignments on your digital calendar to help track them.
Log-in multiple times during the week as you will have at least one peer-to-peer interactive opportunity each week.
Be sure your Canvas notifications are enabled appropriately so you are alerted about new announcements. Check out the details in the Getting Started module. We will post announcements during the week with helpful reminders and notes about changes that may arise.
If you sense that you might not be able to meet a due date, contact your facilitator. We'll work out an extension that will support you but also keep you on track for success.
If something isn't working or you just can't figure something out, post a message in our Q&A Café. There's a lot of knowledge among our group – let's tap into it! We know technology can be frustrating at times so step away if you feel tension rising. :)
HAVE A QUESTION?
HAVE A QUESTION?
CONTACT YOUR FACILITATOR THROUGH THE CANVAS INBOX
CONTACT YOUR FACILITATOR THROUGH THE CANVAS INBOX
If you contact some support Monday-Friday, your facilitator will respond within 24 hours. We do our best to reply on weekends but we are human too and have been known to take breaks. :)
ASK A PEER IN THE Q&A DISCUSSION
ASK A PEER IN THE Q&A DISCUSSION
If you have a general question about the course, please ask it in the Q&A Café. Your question will be seen by your peers and if anyone has the answer -- by all means, answer it!
HOW TO LOG IN
HOW TO LOG IN
On Saturday, you will receive an email notification when the course is available. Follow the steps below to log-in:
Go to the Cal Poly Humboldt Canvas portal: https://canvas.humboldt.edu/
Locate the Course Design Academy in your Canvas Dashboard
If you have questions, don't hesitate to contact the CTL at ctl@humboldt.edu
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