Transformative Educator Program 

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Instructional Delivery: [In-class, Hybrid, Online, etc.]

Pedagogical Approaches: [Flipped, Supplemental Instruction, Peer Instruction, Active/Inquiry-based Learning, Clickers, AR/VR, AI, etc.]

Why Redesign your Course to include Transformative Learning components?

• Course Characteristics
• The Learning Problem

High Demand/Low Success/Facilities Bottleneck Issues

• Describe the high demand/low success/facilities bottlenecks issues, if any, which are affecting the course you are redesigning?

Course History / Background

• How is course placed in the department?

(Upload syllabus from pre-designed course)

Student Characteristics

• Describe the population of students who take the course and their incoming knowledge and/or skills on day one of the class.

Advice I Give my Students to be Successful

• What are the instructions you give your students so they have a first-rate learning experience? Consider providing as much detail as possible.

Impact of Student Learning Outcomes/Objectives (SLOs) on Transformative Learning Course Redesign

• List approximately 5 - 10 learning outcomes which will determine what students will know and be able to do as a result of this course. The assessments you facilitate in your course should align and be considered appropriate measures of these learning outcomes.

Alignment of SLOs With the Transformative Learning Course Redesign

• Briefly describe how the course redesign will align with the SLOs.

Assessments Used to Measure Students' Achievement of SLOs

• How are you planning to assess the students' achievement regarding the SLOs?
• What course activities are you planning to measure?
• If you use an assessment rubric(s), please upload here.

Accessibility, Affordability, and Diversity Accessibility

• Share how you have considered designing the course to serve students with varied abilities. Does the technology support all students, including students with disabilities? Consider tapping into campus resources for video captioning or appropriate syllabus design for sight-impaired students.

Affordability

• Are the course materials and technologies used readily available and affordable for your students? Describe the potential cost savings when using more affordable learning materials. To learn more: AL$, COOL4Ed, or MERLOT

Diversity

• Do the pedagogical strategies support students' learning with diverse backgrounds? For example, consider cultural, ethnic,gender, student learning style preferences, socioeconomic status, first generation students, etc.

About the Instructor

• Instructor name(s). Please provide a 4-5 sentence description of your professional background and interests, your teaching philosophy, or anything else you'd like to share publicly. Suggestion: Add a picture and/or video.

• Reflect on your participation in redesigning a course using Transformative Learning , development of an ePortfolio, participation in faculty learning communities or other programs.  Share any plans to disseminate/publish the findings of your course redesign activity.

• My C.V. with the details of my background, interests, and training and experience using Transformative Learning. (Please include your name.)

What aspects of your course have you redesigned using Transformative Learning methodologies?

• What are you now doing or planning to do through the redesign of your course? For example, "I used to lecture with some question/answer periods for 50 minutes. Now I "flipped" the classroom and have my students solve problems in groups of 4 during the class and I present 10 minute mini-lectures when students are confused about key topics."

Describe the class size(s) What technology is being used?

• What technology strategies have you adopted and why? Explain how you have incorporated the technology to enhance your course redesign.

What professional development activities have you participated during your course redesign?

• The Professional Learning Community webinars, technology training, conferences, etc. § Key concepts learned?

Which Additional Resources Were Needed for the Redesign?

• Describe, for example, how you might have incorporated or consulted with institutional research, instructional designers, department or campus colleagues, librarian, and/or the accessibility technology center.

(Upload your revised syllabus here)

What Impact has the Transformative Learning Redesign's Impact had on Teaching and Learning?

• How has the course redesign strategies affected your instruction and your students’ learning? Did your redesign strategy solve the issues that motivated you to redesign the course?
• Describe how your students mastered the student learning outcomes. Were the students more successful in the redesigned course than in previous courses? Explain.
• Did you experience unexpected results after teaching the redesigned course? If so, what were they?
• Consider attaching a more in-depth report describing the impact of your activities and experiences during the course redesign as a document/link/image. If possible consider including samples of students' work that reflect the impact of the redesign.

Assessment Findings

• Use table and chart template to report course data (required).
• Upload table and chart from your template (required) and reflect on your findings with a short description. You must include a course grades comparison of pre/post student achievements.
• Share how your students achieved the learning outcomes? Describe how they mastered the learning outcomes compared to previous courses?

Student Feedback

• What did your students say or how did they respond to the redesigned activities? Consider including your students' comments about their learning. Include survey results if you are able to capture them. Include student video feedback (optional).

Challenges my Students Encountered

• What challenges did the students encounter in the redesigned activities that incorporate Transformative Learning ? E.g., technical challenges, organization of course, and redesigned activities.

Teaching Tips

• What advice do you have for others who might want to use this or other Transformative Learning redesigned courses?

Course Redesign Obstacles

• What redesign challenges did you confront and how did you overcome them?

Strategies I Used to Increase Engagement

• What Transformative Learning strategies did you use in your newly redesigned course to engage students?

Sustainability

• How do plan to sustain the Transformative Learning redesign?