[Title of project here]:  Openly Sharing Educational Practices 

Background on Your Redesign

Why Redesign Your Course?

• The Learning Problem: You may want to identify a particular learning problem that your students face or difficulty in teaching a particular concept that is hard for students to visualize. You may want to get students more actively engaged in learning the skills in the classroom. You may want to address enrollment and look for creative ways to teach larger class sizes. What type of course characteristics are you looking to change in the redesign?  Less lecture and more activities?

Course History/Background

• How does the course fit into the requirements of the major and/or general education program? 
• How do prerequisites impact this course and how does course completion affect the next set of courses?
• What is the department’s historical context for student success in these courses? What programs or majors are associated with it? How long has it been offered?

High Demand / Low Success Issues

• Describe the high demand/low success issues which are affecting the course you are redesigning?  Do you have more than 20% D, W, and F grades in a typical class?

(Upload syllabus from pre-designed course here.)

Student Characteristics

• Describe the population of students who take the course, including the range of majors, and their incoming knowledge and/or skills that they typically have coming into the class.  Describe the diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, economic status, 1st gen college, and/or other characteristics to consider for an inclusive course.

Advice I Gave My Students to be Successful

• What guidance do you give your students so they can have a learning experience in your course?

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

• List key learning outcomes (about 5) 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 be appropriate measures of these learning outcomes.

Assessments Used to Assess Students' Achievement of Student Learning Outcomes

• How are you planning to assess the students' achievement regarding the SLOs?
• What course activities are you planning to measure?
• Upload a rubric used for redesigned activities (optional).

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 regarding your teaching and learning experiences.
• Suggestion: Add a CV, a picture, and/or video.

What Did You Redesign?

Which Aspects of Your Course or Program Have You Redesigned?

• 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."

Adopted Technologies?

• Describe the technology tool(s) you have incorporated into your course redesign and why.

Which Professional Development Activities Have You Participated in During Your Course Redesign?

• Examples: Professional Learning Community (PLC) webinars, technology workshops on campus, conferences, etc.
• Key learning concepts learned that you applied to your course redesign?

Additional Resources 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).

Accessibility, Affordability, and Effectiveness Considerations

Accessibility

• Share how you have design the course to serve all students with varied abilities, 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? Have you used SkillsCommons and/or MERLOT to help you find Free and Open Educational Resources? Describe the potential cost savings when using more affordable learning materials. 

Effectiveness

• Do the pedagogical strategies support students' learning so all students succeed? Students have different stages of learning readiness and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) pedagogies can be support learning for all students.

Impact on Teaching and Learning

• How has the 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

• Compile and upload graphs/tables/charts reflecting your findings with a short description. You might include a course comparison of pre/post student achievements before redesign.
• 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? E.g., technical challenges, organization of course, and redesigned activities.

Lessons Learned & Redesign Tips

Teaching Tips

• What advice do you have for others who might want to teach with this redesigned course? (technology training and support, planning, creating learning outcomes, etc.)

Redesign Obstacles

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

Strategies I Used to Increase Engagement

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

Instructor Reflection

• Reflect on the processes and partnerships that supported your learning, planning, and implementation of your redesigned course.
• Share any plans to disseminate/publish the findings of your course redesign activity.
• Share what you would like your colleagues to know if they were going to redesign their courses in similar ways.