Abstract
This presentation will critique four course designs in order to afford audience members additional tools for planning and evaluating cohesive courses. The first part of the presentation will be a summary of the courses and the quantitative and qualitative findings on their effects. The course designs include: (1) research and panel presentations framed by conflict transformation; (2) semester-long study pairs; (3) mix of unit-long and single-day coverage of material; and (4) weekly critical readings. In pairs and as a whole group, we will then use a systematic rubric to deconstruct and critique each course's goals, implementation, and assessment, as well as research designs to measure the effects. The third stage will be to apply this analytical framework to attendees' course design and research ideas. We should have time to evaluate 2-4 SoTL proposals.
Location
Room 2904
Recommended Citation
Welch, Casey, "Assessing Past Course Designs to Improve Future Designs" (2011). SoTL Commons Conference. 34.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2011/34
Handout
Assessing Past Course Designs to Improve Future Designs
Room 2904
This presentation will critique four course designs in order to afford audience members additional tools for planning and evaluating cohesive courses. The first part of the presentation will be a summary of the courses and the quantitative and qualitative findings on their effects. The course designs include: (1) research and panel presentations framed by conflict transformation; (2) semester-long study pairs; (3) mix of unit-long and single-day coverage of material; and (4) weekly critical readings. In pairs and as a whole group, we will then use a systematic rubric to deconstruct and critique each course's goals, implementation, and assessment, as well as research designs to measure the effects. The third stage will be to apply this analytical framework to attendees' course design and research ideas. We should have time to evaluate 2-4 SoTL proposals.
