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Establishing Course Norms

Establishing Course Norms

Short exercise to use at the beginning of each semester with a new class to help establish class norms. It is a structured way to get students to buy into class rules in various areas, such as the use of technology, how fellow students should be treated, etc. 

Students explain what teachers have done in their best and worst classes and discuss. Then the tables are turned and students have to discuss what students do in the best and...

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norms, rules
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Material Type:
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Date Added to MERLOT:
August 19, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
April 1, 2022
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Submitter:
Ben Malczyk
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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English
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Heather Ulrich
Heather Ulrich (Staff)
28 weeks ago
This is an interesting activity! Coming from the perspective of a Learning Designer working on online programs, I can see this sort of activity have a positive impact on both the students (recognizing their own responsibility in learning, as Ben mentioned) and the faculty (potentially reflecting on their own teaching style). I will be adding to this our toolkit of recommended activities!
Time spent reviewing site: 30 minutes
Ben Malczyk
Ben Malczyk (Faculty)
5 years ago

I have used this exercise multiple times. Students seem to enjoy the chance to share about their worst classes-- the horror stories. When they get asked what students do in the best and worst classes they almost always have that Aha! moment and realize that they too have some responsibility in the learning process. 

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