Curriculum Maps Connect Learning Across Courses
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Library 107C
Join us for an important lunch (provided for those who register by Thursday Oct 28th): All too often, students encounter a disconnected series of courses with notable and frustrating gaps and redundancies in material. Faculty members, for their part, have difficulty finding ways to move beyond the isolation of their individual courses to combine them into a more coherent overall program for students. Use curriculum maps to develop connections between courses and relate them to the larger context of the student experience, providing a seamlessly optimal program. Also find ways to engage colleagues in a meaningful conversation about the interdependence of their separate classes. This audio seminar will cover: * Getting started with curriculum mapping * Using cross-curriculum development to enhance and reinforce learning * Three main types of mapping: structure, alignment and evidence * High-tech and no-tech ways to map curricula * How program outcomes can be used to guide curriculum decisions * Incorporating structure, outcomes and evidence into mapping activities * Facilitation approaches to curriculum mapping * Enhancing curriculum mapping with technology * The role of data in driving curricular choices
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