Both minimalist and maximalist approaches to syllabus design have their proponents: concise syllabi are easier to navigate, while detailed ones offer a more precise picture of the course structure.

Designing Your Course Syllabus Many of the decisions affecting the success of a course take place well before the first day of class. Careful planning at the syllabus design stage not only makes ...

Some instructors see the syllabus as a simple outline of the course topics, while others add everything related to the course as well as the kitchen sink. An effective syllabus lies somewhere in ...

Your Syllabus Doesn’t Have to Look Like a Contract And students are more likely to read it if it doesn’t.

Syllabus Template (MS Word) Syllabus Template (Google Doc) This template is based on a syllabus design that was created by Dr. Dana Johnson. As you craft your own syllabus, think carefully about the ...

Sherria D. Taylor, Maria J. Veri, Michele Eliason, Jocelyn Clare R. Hermoso, Nicole D. Bolter, Juliana E. Van Olphen, The Social Justice Syllabus Design Tool, Journal ...

The curriculum design should be workplace-centric, and the training course should take weeks to complete instead of months; similarly, the cost for training should be a lot more modest compared ...

Is your curriculum design limiting students’ learning potential? All too often, insufficient emphasis is placed on development of the self-regulatory skill sets that students need most in order to do ...

If you’re a faculty member, you’ve spent the last few weeks preparing your syllabus for the spring semester. You’ve updated the document and added a little to it. This latest round of edits ...

Finally, Nash offers another technique that I love in a syllabus when she writes, “The works presented in class will provide a broad view on political moving-image making, considering experimental ...