Notes for faculty considering this course format part of Course Design:Goals Database
When I changed this course to a completely project-based format I recall feeling very nervous: I was giving up the considerable control that Powerpoint lectures, weekly labs, and the obligatory 'talk on the ...

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Assessment part of Course Design:Goals Database
I used a range of assessment techniques in this course. Each of the projects had separate write-ups or some kind of final product (the last project required a GSA-style poster). These write-ups could be revised ...

What Do Geologists Do? part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:First Day of Class:Activities
William Dunne, University of Tennessee Course: Dynamic Earth (Introduction to Physical Geology equivalent) 150 students Students are often surprised at - and interested in - the variety of careers available in the ...

Part 1.2 Setting overarching goals part of Course Design:Course Design Tutorial
If you have dropped into this Course Design Tutorial from somewhere else, you might wish to start at the introduction, overview, or table of contents. If you are working through the tutorial, you should have ...

Part 2.2 Teaching Strategies part of Course Design:Course Design Tutorial
If you have dropped into this Course Design Tutorial from somewhere else, you might wish to start at the introduction, overview, or table of contents. If you are working through the tutorial, you should have ...

The Jigsaw Technique part of Course Design:Course Design Tutorial
Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College Overview of the technique This technique can be used equally well for assignments involving data analysis or field work and in assignments involving reading. Prepare several ...

Part 1.4 Choosing content to achieve overarching goals part of Course Design:Course Design Tutorial
If you have dropped into this Course Design Tutorial from somewhere else, you might wish to start at the introduction, overview, or table of contents. If you are working through the tutorial, you should have ...

Part 1.3 Setting ancillary skills goals part of Course Design:Course Design Tutorial
If you have dropped into this Course Design Tutorial from somewhere else, you might wish to start at the introduction, overview, or table of contents. If you are working through the tutorial, you should have ...

Tutorial Overview part of Course Design:Course Design Tutorial
In the most commonly-used method of course design, an instructor plans a course around a list of content items important to the discipline, with those items typically taken from a chapter list in a good text. Our ...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Course Design Tutorial part of Course Design:Course Design Tutorial
Developed by Barbara J. Tewksbury (Hamilton College) and R. Heather Macdonald (College of William and Mary) Is it time to really shake the tree and do something about one of your courses? This tutorial will give ...