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LISTSERV 17.02024-03-19T07:28:36ZDee Fink2017-10-09T05:52:12-05:002017-10-09T05:52:12-05:00Anyone Using Significant Learning Taxonomy in K-12 Teaching??http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;53d3c5fb.1710bHello!<br><br>I am sending this email out on the "Design Learning" listserv, on behalf of<br>a K-12 teacher in Colombia who is interested in using the ideas in my book<br>on "*Creating Significant Learning Experiences"* in her own teaching.<br>Her name is Maria Trujillo.<br><br>I said I would ask everyone who has signed up on this listserv, to see if<br>anyone is teaching at that level. [...]Dee Fink2017-05-12T17:46:46-05:002017-05-12T17:46:46-05:00Question: Excellent Institutions re Teaching & Learning??http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;76a017b2.1705bHello Everyone!<br><br>I have been consulting with the new president of a small institution, on<br>how to create a college that generates high quality learning, high quality<br>teaching, within the long-term goal of continuous improvement.<br><br>*Question*: Does anyone have or know of an *college or university* that<br>does a good job on *3 or more* of the following tasks: [...]Dee Fink2016-03-31T05:27:36-05:002016-03-31T05:27:36-05:00Reminder - National Workshop on "Designing Courses for Significant Learning"http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;8e12780.1603eThis is just a reminder that there is still time to register for the *National<br>Workshop* on *“Designing Your Courses for More Significant Learning”* that<br>Dee Fink & Associates will be offering in *Chicago* on *May 25-27, 2016*.<br><br>We offer this Workshop each year to give everyone who wants a chance<br>to learn about this important topic. [...]Dee Fink2016-03-16T16:27:53-05:002016-03-16T16:27:53-05:00Available: 2-Week Online Course on "Designing Courses for Significant Learning"http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;58b42f48.1603cHello!<br><br>Last fall, Dee Fink & Associates launched a *new, two-week, facilitated<br>online course* on “*Designing Courses for Significant Learning**”*. This<br>course has a number of important values:<br><br>· This course is focused on *one of the fundamental skills of<br>teaching* – how to design a course in a learning-centered way – with<br>attention to active learning, educative assessment, creating alignment, and<br>choosing a good teaching strategy. [...]Dee Fink2016-01-20T09:51:59-06:002016-01-20T09:51:59-06:00National Workshop: "Designing Courses for Significant Learning"http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;ee9b7ee7.1601cThis is an *announcement* about the *9th Annual National Workshop* on<br>*“Designing<br>Your Courses for More Significant Learning”* that is scheduled for *May<br>25-27, 2016*.<br><br>This year we will again have a* half-day optional workshop on “Leading Your<br>Own Workshop, on Integrated Course Design”.*<br><br>Both workshops are described below and at:<br>http://www.deefinkandassociates.com/index.php/workshops/chicago-2016/<br><br>If you - or people you know - might be interested signing up for this<br>workshop, we hope you will consider joining us; it will be one of the best<br>workshops you ever attended. [...]Dee Fink2015-01-12T12:22:27-06:002015-01-12T12:22:27-06:00Re: Request for Helphttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;e49e4cec.1501bHello All,<br><br>I have had 3 responses so far, to my "All Call" for ideas on assessing<br>different kinds of significant learning, from:<br><br>- Jeff Straw, NW Michigan College<br>- Larry Schankman, Univ of Wisconsins - La Crosse<br>- Catherine Garland, Castleton College (VT)<br><br>Keep them coming; I/we still need more!<br><br>Many thanks to all of you, Dee [...]Dee Fink2015-01-09T15:06:06-06:002015-01-09T15:06:06-06:00Request for Helphttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;557f7bd5.1501bHello to Everyone on this "Design Learning" List!<br><br>I would like to request help from as many people as possible, who can<br>respond with some good practices and ideas.<br><br>*Situation*<br>As you may know, Dee Fink & Associates (DF&A) recently started a new,<br>2-week course that provides a good introduction to Integrated Course Design<br>and the Taxonomy of Significant Learning.<br>AN ADDITIONAL NEW COURSE: What we in DF&A are now involved in, is the<br>creation of another, separate 2-week course on "*Assessing Significant<br>Learning*". We have long known that this part of good course design is<br>especially challenging for many [...]Hans Aagard2014-11-18T17:26:19-07:002014-11-18T17:26:19-07:00unsubscribehttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;297bac8a.1411cOn 11/18/14, 5:24 PM, Dee Fink wrote:<br>><br>> Greetings, members of the DBLE listserv!<br>><br>> I want to give all members of this listserv a "heads up" about our<br>> new, 2-week online course on "/Designing Courses for Significant<br>> Learning."/ (Described below.)<br>><br>> If you have faculty on your campus who might be interested in this,<br>> please share with them the attached flyer and/or the email text itself.<br>><br>> Many thanks, Dee Fink<br>><br>><br>> ********************************<br>><br>> Recently Dee Fink & Associates designed a _new, two-week online<br>> course_ intended for a [...]Dee Fink2014-11-18T18:24:33-06:002014-11-18T18:24:33-06:00Now Available: 2-Week Online Course on "Designing Courses for Significant Learning"http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;2e08b11.1411cGreetings, members of the DBLE listserv!<br><br>I want to give all members of this listserv a "heads up" about our new,<br>2-week online course on "*Designing Courses for Significant Learning."*<br>(Described below.)<br><br>If you have faculty on your campus who might be interested in this,<br>please share with them the attached flyer and/or the email text itself. [...]Jay Loftus2014-03-18T21:49:40-04:002014-03-18T21:49:40-04:00Re: Dealing with course alignment - or course design by committeehttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;35f7f1e7.1403cWe have a similar problem in our program. All course team taught with external credentialing agency to ensure standards. One thing we do not presently implement, but should is an effective design brief for the courses. This helps delegate responsibilities and also helps to see what the incoming and outgoing students have been taught. It isn't a fun process, but it should not be a task undertaken by one individual. It is purely a team effort. Further, an effective brief helps when new faculty are thrown into the mix or are asked to teach a course previously taught by someone [...] David Wilson2014-03-18T14:03:25-05:002014-03-18T14:03:25-05:00Re: Dealing with course alignment - or course design by committeehttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;669df797.1403cMy first question is exactly what do you mean by "need to agree on 75% of the course"? Are you talking about course outcomes (objectives or whatever you prefer to call it) or which text and other ancillaries will be used or the way the course will be taught, etc. [...] Raleigh Way2014-03-18T14:41:18-04:002014-03-18T14:41:18-04:00Re: Dealing with course alignment - or course design by committeehttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;40a47f95.1403cThat's a slippery slope!<br><br>Here is my take... You need strong, high-end leadership behind this. It's<br>difficult to get a group of faculty in a room to discuss giving up their<br>academic freedom for a course they like to teach *their way*. You also need<br>someone like an instructional designer to be the facilitator of this<br>conversation for the committee. It's going to be messy : ) [...] Jean Whaley2014-03-18T13:49:15-04:002014-03-18T13:49:15-04:00Dealing with course alignment - or course design by committeehttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;7f0f413d.1403cGreetings All,<br>So after doing all this research and looking forward to designing my class,<br>we were informed by our department head that courses that are part of the<br>core (we the community colleges have a transfer agreement with the state<br>universities regarding these courses) will be moving toward alignment.<br><br>So in my case, the people who are going to me teaching Music Appreciation<br>(MUS 110) will need to agree on 75% of the course so that administrators<br>can pull data on how well we are meeting the student learning objectives.<br>That means we'll be designing this course by committee. [...] Dee Fink2014-03-17T18:05:16-05:002014-03-17T18:05:16-05:00Reminder: Annual National Workshop on "Designing Courses for Significant Learning"http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;b13713f2.1403cHello!<br><br>As members of the "designlearning" list, I want to give you an early<br>reminder about our Annual National Workshop.<br><br>This is a email reminder (my last) about the 7th Annual National<br>Workshopon "Designing Courses for Greater Student Engagement & Better<br>Learning"<br>that is scheduled for *May 20-22, 2014*.<br><br>This year we have a *new, half-day optional workshop on "Leading Your Own<br>Workshop, on Integrated Course Design".* [...] Hans Peter Aagard2014-01-28T12:10:28-05:002014-01-28T12:10:28-05:00UNSUBSCRIBEhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;46719976.1401d----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Dee Fink" <dfink40@GMAIL.COM><br>To: DESIGNLEARNING-L@LISTS.OU.EDU<br>Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:47:29 AM<br>Subject: 7th Annual National Workshop on "Course Design" + New Optional Workshop<br><br>Want your faculty to be able to design better courses?<br><br>This is an announcement about the 7 th Annual National Workshop on “Designing Courses for Greater Student Engagement & Better Learning” that is scheduled for May 20-22, 2014 . [...]Dee Fink2014-01-28T09:47:29-06:002014-01-28T09:47:29-06:007th Annual National Workshop on "Course Design" + New Optional Workshophttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;7e2f9956.1401dWant your faculty to be able to design better courses?<br><br>This is an *announcement* about the 7th Annual National Workshop on<br>"Designing Courses for Greater Student Engagement & Better Learning" that<br>is scheduled for *May 20-22, 2014*.<br><br>This year we have a *new, half-day optional workshop on "Leading Your Own<br>Workshop, on Integrated Course Design".* [...] Jean Whaley2014-01-22T12:07:39-05:002014-01-22T12:07:39-05:00Music Courseshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;a71d93b3.1401dGreetings All,<br>I am new to the listserve. I work at Wake Technical Community College<br>teaching music. One of our duties is a benchmarking project in which we<br>seek out colleagues to help us improve an aspect of our teaching. I read<br>"Creating Significant Learning Experiences" over the summer and integrated<br>many of the ideas into my classes. I am particularly interested in hearing<br>how these ideas have been applied in music, especially music appreciation<br>courses, and/ or at the community college level in general. [...] Dee Fink2013-12-03T13:08:46-06:002013-12-03T13:08:46-06:00Instruments to Measure Significant Learning??http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;6a6be7ae.1312aFriends,<br><br>Earlier this year, I did some consulting at Stockton College in New Jersey,<br>to help them identify ways to implement their institution-wide learning<br>outcomes, several of which were created from my taxonomy.<br>One person their, Susan Cydis, has started a faculty study group that<br>intends to design their courses in a wayto promote these institution-wide<br>learning outcomes. What they want to know is:<br>*Does anyone know of instruments that have already been developed and field<br>tested, to measure student engagement or significant learning-type<br>outcomes?*<br>They know about AAC&U's Values rubrics, and these will be helpful. But<br>they want to [...] Dee Fink2013-10-13T07:51:00-05:002013-10-13T07:51:00-05:00Dee Fink & Associates: Another Offering of Online Coursehttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;962fe88a.1310bI am pleased to announce that, in early *January, 2014*, Dee Fink &<br>Associates will offer another version of our online short course on<br>“Designing Courses for Significant Learning”.<br><br>This *online short course* enables faculty members – in any institution, in<br>any country – to intentionally design significant learning into their<br>courses. When they design their courses in a learning-centered way, it<br>leads to *greater student engagement* and *much better student learning*! [...] Dee Fink2013-08-07T21:00:08-05:002013-08-07T21:00:08-05:00September: Online Course on "Designing Courses for Significant Learning"http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;fdbb015e.1308aGreetings! Do you…<br><br>*Want to take your teaching to the next level??*<br><br>* Or..*<br><br>*Have faculty members in your department who want to improve their<br>teaching? *<br><br>* *<br><br>Here is a way you can achieve either of these goals!<br><br>This *September*, Dee Fink and Associates will offer this fall’s<br>version of our online course, on “Designing Courses for Significant<br>Learning”. [...] Dee Fink2013-04-29T13:22:21-05:002013-04-29T13:22:21-05:00Fwd: need higher education instructional designers for research studyhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;d5455e9e.1304ePeople on the "Design Learning" listserv:<br><br>Some of you may have received the email below, which was sent out on the<br>POD listserv. But others of you may be interested in participating.<br><br>Dee Fink<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: mary hudgins <m.hudgins@comcast.net><br>Date: Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 9:31 PM<br>Subject: need higher education instructional designers for research study [...] Dee Fink2013-03-12T14:56:38-05:002013-03-12T14:56:38-05:00Reminder: National Workshop on Learning-Centered Course Design - May 21-23, 2013http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;cbb780cc.1303bHello All!<br><br>This is a reminder about the the 6th Annual National Workshop on “*Designing<br>Courses for Greater Student Engagement & Better Learning*” that is<br>scheduled for *May 21-23, 2013* and is described below.<br><br>We would love to have you or any of your colleagues attend, who have not<br>yet attended this event.<br><br>The workshop has been very well received over the years. Here are some<br>comments from participants in years past: [...] Dee Fink2012-11-14T09:18:31-06:002012-11-14T09:18:31-06:00Online Short-Course on "Designing Courses for Significant Learning"http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;9ea87f1c.1211bHello to everyone on the "Design Learning" listserv!<br><br>Below is a notice that I am sending out to various groups, including you,<br>about my online short-course (8 weeks) on course design.<br>Thought it might be helpful for everyone here to know about it.<br><br>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [...] Dee Fink2012-05-11T18:21:53-05:002012-05-11T18:21:53-05:00June 1st: Online Course on "Course Design"http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;2f767d93.1205bHello Everyone,<br><br>This email is to inform everyone that “Dee Fink & Associates” will offer<br>another section of our online course on “*Designing Courses for Significant<br>Learnin*g” *this coming June 1st. *This would be an excellent opportunity<br>for you or your colleagues to do some high-powered professional development<br>during the summer.<br><br>Dee Fink & Associates specializes in offering workshops nationally and<br>internationally on “Designing Courses for Significant Learning.” We have<br>now used that expertise in a *high-quality, online short-course on<br>“Designing Courses for Significant Learning.”* [...] Peggy A. Weissinger2011-07-26T11:12:11-04:002011-07-26T11:12:11-04:00Re: Using Creating Significant Learning as Course textbookhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;f79f6528.1107dYes, I have used the book and would highly recommend it. It extends the<br>objectives beyond the traditional taxonomies rather than replaces those<br>currently in use. It forces you as a teacher to update your own<br>objectives and expectations for the students. Karen Milligan2011-07-26T10:51:52-04:002011-07-26T10:51:52-04:00Using Creating Significant Learning as Course textbookhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;34049a57.1107dColleagues,<br><br>I am new to the list so please forgive if this question has been posed before.<br><br>I have used the Taxonomy and course design method for several years now. I am an education professor. This year I will be teaching a new course for undergraduate teacher education students who will be teaching at the high school level. The course is one on planning and classroom management. I have a text for the classroom management part, but not for the planning section. I am thinking about using the Creating Significant Learning Experiences book by Dr. Fink. While this book is [...] Susan K. Wolcott2011-05-04T10:48:25-07:002011-05-04T10:48:25-07:00Re: Design Learning List: Tests for Emotional Intelligence??http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;efc9a68f.1105aDee,<br><br>About 10 years ago, I taught a segment on emotional intelligence in a<br>critical thinking course for nontraditional undergraduate students at<br>University of Denver. At that time, I used a free online multiple-choice<br>emotional intelligence test developed by Daniel Goleman. A couple of years<br>ago, I looked for that test and could no longer find it. But there are a<br>number of emotional intelligence tests available, mostly for a fee. I do<br>not know the quality of the various tests. [...] Dee Fink2011-05-04T11:13:59-05:002011-05-04T11:13:59-05:00Design Learning List: Tests for Emotional Intelligence??http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;2cd5b65e.1105aColleagues,<br><br>In the Taxonomy for Significant Learning, two of the primary categories<br>involve the "Human Dimension" and "Caring/Values".<br><br>Many of you are probably familiar with the concept of Emotional Intelligence<br>which addresses both Self-Understanding and one's ability to Interact with<br>Others.<br>As we think about ways to assess the Human Dimension and students'<br>values that regulate their interactions with others, tests on emotional<br>intelligence become relevant. [...] Dee Fink2011-04-08T06:28:39-05:002011-04-08T06:28:39-05:00"Designing Better Learning Experiences" Website - Some Updateshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;9f86c040.1104bHi! I just want to let everyone know about some recent additions to the<br>DBLE website:<br><br>- We have two new examples of good course design, one in Education and<br>another in Computer Information Technology.<br>- You can see these in the tab on "Examples".<br>- I was recently involved in 2 videos.<br>- One of these I made, about an upcoming visit to Kirkwood Community<br>College in Iowa.<br>- There other is a TV interview that I did in Beirut, Lebanon, about<br>higher education generally.<br>- These are posted on the home page. [...] Dee Fink2011-02-17T13:34:44-06:002011-02-17T13:34:44-06:00Three Special Opportunities to Learn about Course Designhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;53b2da7.1102cHi Everyone,<br><br>I want to mention that "Dee Fink & Associates" is offering *three ways to<br>learn* about the basics of good course design, two of which are relatively<br>new. Let me provide some information about them, starting with the newest<br>of these.<br><br>*1. Online Course about "Designing Online & Hybrid Courses"*<br>Linda Jacoby and Stewart Ross have teamed up to create this online course<br>that will be available to start sometime in the next week or so. They are<br>both from Minnesota State University in Mankato.<br>This course has two major portions. The first is about the *basics of<br> [...] Dee Fink2010-12-13T11:18:41-06:002010-12-13T11:18:41-06:00Information about Annual National Workshop on "Course Design"http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;89572464.1012bMembers of the "Designlearning" List:<br><br>Last month, I shared some information about two new online courses that Dee<br>Fink & Associates are starting to offer.<br><br>At this time, I simply want to let everyone know about the Annual<br>National Workshop we will be doing again this coming spring. In the past we<br>have offered this in Chicago; someone reserved all the hotel rooms near<br>O'Hare airport for the weekend we wanted, so we have moved the coming<br>version to MINNEAPOLIS, MN. [...] José Gregorio Díaz Unda2010-12-08T05:05:07+00:002010-12-08T05:05:07+00:00Re: Testhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;ad33983a.1012aHi teacher Dee,<br><br>This is my test to use the mail list.<br><br>Take care.<br><br>José Gregorio.<br><br>Enviado desde mi dispositivo movil BlackBerry® de Digitel.<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: David Wilson <DAWilson@PARKLAND.EDU><br>Sender: "For college professors globally, to dialogue about course design." <DESIGNLEARNING-L@LISTS.OU.EDU><br>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:27:24<br>To: <DESIGNLEARNING-L@LISTS.OU.EDU><br>Reply-To: David Wilson <DAWilson@PARKLAND.EDU><br>Subject: Test<br><br>Hi Dee,<br><br>This is a test email as you requested. [...] David Wilson2010-12-07T10:27:24-06:002010-12-07T10:27:24-06:00Testhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;71017b9a.1012aHi Dee,<br><br>This is a test email as you requested.<br><br>Dave<br><br>David Wilson<br>Assoc Prof of Biology and Chemistry<br>Parkland College<br>Champaign, IL 61821<br>217-351-2371 Dee Fink2010-12-07T08:35:16-06:002010-12-07T08:35:16-06:00Design Learning Website: Corrected Problem with listservhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;3d6644af.1012aMembers on the "Design Learning" listserv:<br><br>I just discovered a problem with the listserv on the "Design Learning"<br>website: For some strange reason, it was set so that ONLY the owners could<br>post to it.<br><br>I have changed those settings so that anyone who has subscribed to it can<br>post to it - which is the way I meant for it to be from the beginning. [...] Dee Fink2010-12-07T05:51:32-06:002010-12-07T05:51:32-06:00Design Learning Website: Updates on New Resources Availablehttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;2164f57d.1012aI just want to update everyone about some new resources that are now<br>available for learning about good course design. These are described on the<br>"Designing Better Learning Experiences" website, in the tab on "Learning<br>Design Basics".<br><br>In the section on "*Online Resources*", there is information about *two new<br>online courses* on course design.<br><br>In the section on "*Workshops*", there are two updates: [...] Dee Fink2010-11-02T23:06:05-05:002010-11-02T23:06:05-05:00New Resources for Learning about Course Designhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;1e541f08.1011aHello All,<br><br>We have some new resources to help college teachers everywhere learn about<br>course design more easily now. Let me share that information with you.<br><br>1. *Online Course on "Designing Courses for Significant Learning":* This<br>past spring I trial tested a new online course about Integrated Course<br>Design, with people from China, Pakistan, France and the US. It went well,<br>but I also saw what needed to be done to make it better. So this summer and<br>fall, I have been making those changes.<br>The revised, "ready to go" version of this online course will start in<br>*January, 2011.* [...] Bruff, Derek O2010-09-09T17:06:51-05:002010-09-09T17:06:51-05:00Re: Pre-Lectureshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;587ff49d.1009bI take it from the other responses to this that by "pre-lectures" you mean audio- or video-recorded lectures that students watch or listen to before class?<br><br>I've had great success going slightly lower tech by just having the students read the textbook before class. I have my students complete pre-class reading quizzes (graded on effort) as motivation for completing the reading. I usually have 80-90% of students come to class with something they've learned from the reading. [...] Susan K. Wolcott2010-09-07T21:39:44-07:002010-09-07T21:39:44-07:00Re: Pre-Lectureshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;f688a0ae.1009aDave,<br>I've been using Adobe Connect to create pre-lectures for an online Executive<br>MBA course. The students really like them. I currently create a new set of<br>lecture every time I teach the course, which allows the lectures to be more<br>personalized for the group of students. But, of course, it would be more<br>efficient to create mini-lectures on topics and reuse them! [...] David Wilson2010-09-07T23:00:48-05:002010-09-07T23:00:48-05:00Re: Pre-Lectureshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;246d54e9.1009aI've used these in the past in a different course and recall students enthusiastically engaged in discussion and appreciating the opportunity to have a second (or third:) chance to earn some points. Thanks for the reminder!<br><br>Dave<br><br>>>> "Ross, Stewart" <stewart.ross@MNSU.EDU> 09/07/10 10:50 PM >>><br>We have many professors using IF-AT forms which serve as pre-lectures. These are "scratch off" lottery looking sheets that groups of students take as quizzes in preparation for the presentation by the instructor and can be used in many other ways too. [...] Ross, Stewart2010-09-08T03:49:02+00:002010-09-08T03:49:02+00:00Re: Pre-Lectureshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;14fb80b4.1009aWe have many professors using IF-AT forms which serve as pre-lectures. These are "scratch off" lottery looking sheets that groups of students take as quizzes in preparation for the presentation by the instructor and can be used in many other ways too. Stewart Ross, Ph.D. Director of Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Minnesota State Mankato Morris Hall 267 Mankato, MN 56003 507-389-1098 office 507-304-1624 cell stewart.ross@mnsu.edu www.mnsu.edu/cetl ________________________________________ From: For college professors globally, to dialogue about course design. [DESIGNLEARNING-L@lists.ou.edu] on behalf of David Wilson [DAWILSON@PARKLAND.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 10:47 PM To: DESIGNLEARNING-L@lists.ou.edu Subject: Pre-Lectures I am [...] David Wilson2010-09-07T22:47:48-05:002010-09-07T22:47:48-05:00Pre-Lectureshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;f2538b04.1009aI am implementing pre-lectures into my second semester general chemistry class this semester. Early observations are fairly positive. It is nice hearing students use fancy terms like "microstates" during class discussions. Has anyone else had experience implementing pre-lectures? I would love to hear about any successes and challenges.<br><br>Dave<br><br>David Wilson<br>Associate Professor of Biology and Chemistry<br>Parkland College<br>Champaign, IL 61821<br>217-351-2371 Kathleen Lux2010-09-06T17:35:23-05:002010-09-06T17:35:23-05:00Redesigning your course for significant learninghttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;6a9b22f8.1009aHi, I am a "Finkite" (for lack of a better title). I attended Dee Finks's seminar<br>in Chicago in May of this year and bought into his beliefs on course design. I<br>then spent the summer redesigning my community health nursing course into<br>his recommnded format. I was very nervous about introducing this new<br>course design to my nursing students because they have only had lectures<br>and Powerpoint handouts their entire nursing school experience. As Dee<br>suggested, I used the "What do you want to learn the most about in this<br>course and your college career?" question (the approach is [...]Masih Shokrani2010-08-28T15:28:16-05:002010-08-28T15:28:16-05:00Ideas for an online research coursehttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;3299050.1008dWhat creative ideas/designs would you have to make an Online research course more interesting to the class.<br><br>Please let me know any suggestions you might have.<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>Masih<br><br>Masih Shokrani, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)<br>Assistant Professor<br>Northern Illinois University<br>Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program<br>DuSable Hall 165<br>DeKalb, Illinois 60115-2828<br>Office (815)753-6323<br>FAX (815)753-1653<br>e-mail: mshokrani@niu.edu Dee Fink2010-08-28T15:03:02-05:002010-08-28T15:03:02-05:00Re-Designing Courses for This Fall?http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;122f90.1008dHello All!<br><br>As we approach the start of the fall term, I am wondering what q*uestions,<br>problems, or creative ideas* people have for designing their courses?<br><br>We now have approximately 80 people on this course design listserv.<br><br>I am sure a good number of you have done some creative design or<br>redesign of your courses. [...] Thomas Michael Power2010-06-24T10:55:58-04:002010-06-24T10:55:58-04:00RE : Designing Better Learning Experiences: Updates on Website + Questionhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;7341e959.1006dFull message available at: <a href="http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;7341e959.1006d">RE : Designing Better Learning Experiences: Updates on Website + Question</a>Carolyn B2010-06-23T18:03:53-06:002010-06-23T18:03:53-06:00Re: Developing Integration Skillshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;46b865e7.1006dOne thing I have used with undergrads (Org behavior course) is a 500 word memo. Paragraph one: a concept that applies. Paragraph two: how that concept played out in the experience/exercise. Paragraph three: how it would play out in the business world (in your case the classroom when teaching) and Paragraph four: One lesson learned from this that the student would like to remember for the future. I have not gone as far as having them share them (as they are due the next class) but modifying this to create a discussion would work.<br>Carolyn [...] Denise Domizi2010-06-22T12:46:46-04:002010-06-22T12:46:46-04:00Fwd: Developing Integration Skillshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;6d26c865.1006dThis is something that I adapted from Dee's course. I teach advanced pedagogy classes to grad students and one of the challenges we have (and according to the literature, this seems to be a challenge of these types of programs in general) is that the students don't always apply what they are learning to their own classrooms - they don't make those connections. Reflection seems to be of paramount importance, but from my own experiences as both a student and instructor, the reflections often seemed forced. What I'm going to try this year is have them Tweet "connections" - the [...] Dee Fink2010-06-22T10:45:13-05:002010-06-22T10:45:13-05:00Re: Developing Integration Skillshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;fe6f0a62.1006dPeter,<br><br>Glad to hear those ideas were helpful.<br><br>As to your question on how to develop skills around Integration, the key<br>concept in that idea, for me, is "making connections."<br><br>Then there are various kinds of connections that you might want<br>students to learn how to make.<br><br>*Types of Connections*<br><br>First, there can be connections between/among ideas *within a course*. For<br>example, in a Psychology course, one might want students identify<br>similarities and differences among various theorists, e.g., Freud, Skinner,<br>and Rogers. [...] Susan K. Wolcott2010-06-22T04:23:19-07:002010-06-22T04:23:19-07:00Re: Designing Better Learning Experiences: Updates on Website + Questionhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;df7289b6.1006dDee and Michael,<br><br>Ive been teaching in a hybrid International Executive MBA program for many<br>years. The courses typically begin with a few live sessions during the<br>students 2-week residential period. Then we have 6 months of<br>asynchronous online sessions. I love the online sessions; they proceed to<br>deeper levels than is possible in the limited time of a live class. My<br>sessions last for four days, and most students add about one posting per<br>day. In this program, I have taught introductory financial accounting,<br>introductory cost accounting, and management control systems. I use<br>slightly different types of assignments and [...] Peter Smith2010-06-22T19:44:27+12:002010-06-22T19:44:27+12:00Re: Soft skills developmenthttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;6b04f037.1006dHi again Dee,<br><br>Thanks for taking time to respond ... you prompted me to start thinking<br>about the things that weren't there (from your taxonomy): Integrating,<br>Caring, and Foundational knowledge.<br><br>It seems to me that there are possibly skills that we need to address in<br>those categories. For example, in the foundational knowledge I suspect that<br>many students struggle with finding effective ways to understand and<br>remember the ideas to which they are exposed. i wonder if, for many<br>students, the rate of knowledge acquisition they are meant to achieve comes<br>as a 'shock to the system'. We probably could [...] Thomas Michael Power2010-06-22T01:13:56-04:002010-06-22T01:13:56-04:00RE : Designing Online Courses with Synch and Asynch Componentshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;55a15af4.1006dFull message available at: <a href="http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;55a15af4.1006d">RE : Designing Online Courses with Synch and Asynch Components</a>David Wilson2010-06-21T22:49:54-05:002010-06-21T22:49:54-05:00Re: Designing Online Courses with Synch and Asynch Componentshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;d23ceb70.1006cMichael,<br><br>I teach an online Chemistry for Health Professions course. My students<br>are almost entirely nurses who are trying to complete their bachelors.<br>Although they are a pretty motivated bunch of students, I'm intrigued by<br>the idea of doing this synchronously, but felt that it wouldn't work<br>because of student schedule conflicts. Is there a face to face version<br>of the course you teach? If not, are there options for students who<br>cannot attend the synch time? [...]Dee Fink2010-06-21T21:27:00-05:002010-06-21T21:27:00-05:00Re: Designing Online Courses with Synch and Asynch Componentshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;2e59f9b0.1006cThanks, Michael!<br><br>Does anyone have questions or comments on what Michael has done?<br><br>Any similar or related experiences?<br><br>Dee<br><br>On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Thomas Michael Power <<br>Michael.Power@fse.ulaval.ca> wrote:<br><br>> Hi Dee,<br>><br>> Yes, indeed. I started teaching online using a combination of a basic<br>> website and a virtual classroom about 10 years ago. Rather early on in<br>> online learning, I realized that developing a full-blown website was<br>> prohibitively time-consuming and simply an exercise in futility since<br>> updating it in a timely fashion became a virtual impossibility. I also<br>> realized [...] Thomas Michael Power2010-06-21T22:03:17-04:002010-06-21T22:03:17-04:00RE : Designing Better Learning Experiences: Updates on Website + Questionhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;da99bcc7.1006cFull message available at: <a href="http://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;da99bcc7.1006c">RE : Designing Better Learning Experiences: Updates on Website + Question</a>Dee Fink2010-06-21T20:09:40-05:002010-06-21T20:09:40-05:00Designing Better Learning Experiences: Updates on Website + Questionhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;fa7cabba.1006cHi Everyone,<br><br>I just wanted to alert you that the page on "Design Forms & Tips" (under<br>"Resource Downloads") has been re-organized and several new items have been<br>added.<br><br>*Question*:<br><br>Does anyone have a "success story" they would like to share on the<br>listserv? Posting this would allow people to ask questions about how it<br>works, and what problems they had to overcome. [...] Ross, Stewart2010-06-11T16:44:59+00:002010-06-11T16:44:59+00:00Re: Assessing goals from left side of taxonomyhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;502c54a1.1006bSorry, I wrote too fast. Should be one problem not program at the end of my comments and of course I meant base line, not based line!<br><br>Stewart Ross, Ph.D<br>Director of Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning<br>Minnesota State Mankato<br>Morris Hall 267<br>Mankato MN 56003<br>507-389-1098 office<br>507-304-1624 cell<br>stewart.ross@mnsu.edu<br>www.mnsu.edu/cetl<br>"Volunteers are unpaid NOT because they are worthless, but because they are PRICELESS!" -- Anonymous [...] Ross, Stewart2010-06-11T15:32:01+00:002010-06-11T15:32:01+00:00Re: Assessing goals from left side of taxonomyhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;5196818e.1006bI should add that we started to do a based line pre-test/post-test for our faculty certificate program at our university. We use a five point scale looking at confidence in using active learning, design quality courses etc. (all things we do during the year in the program). In the past few years we have found that most of the categories go up one entire point! This is terrific information for our provost who believes if faculty are learning new ideas and finding alternative teaching strategies to traditional lecture, and develop confidence in their ability....we continue to see good resources coming [...] Denise Domizi2010-06-11T09:47:10-04:002010-06-11T09:47:10-04:00Fwd: Assessing goals from left side of taxonomyhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;2b6bcc7.1006bMike - The thing I find so interesting about the folks who have a hard time with the left side ("touchy feely crap" - ouch!) is that if you ask them before they ever see the taxonomy for their "blue sky" dreams about the course and their students' learning, their answers almost always have to do with the left side. And if you ask them why they got into their discipline to start with, again it's almost always represented by the left side. That's how I try to frame it for them before they ever see the taxonomy. Then when [...] Michael J. Welker2010-06-10T11:13:37-04:002010-06-10T11:13:37-04:00Re: Assessing goals from left side of taxonomyhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;f435ad5b.1006bDenise,<br>I feel your pain about what some of our Criminal Justice and Bio folks<br>initially disdainfully referred to as the "touchy feely crap." My tack that<br>works most -- not all -- of the time is to drive them back to DWF (Drop,<br>Withdraw, Failure) numbers and complaints of "lazy, unmotivated" students. I<br>always frame this for them in terms of my experience with my own courses, as<br>I had my Fink-inspired "Should had a V8 moment". I too grumbled and huffed<br>and puffed about those darn student slackers, but had never asked myself the<br>hard question about what [...] Emma Bourassa2010-06-10T03:51:25-07:002010-06-10T03:51:25-07:00Re: New Listserv on "Designing Better Learning Experiences" For your Studentshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;494471a4.1006bHi all,<br>This is great timing as I am in my second round of 'becoming one of my students'. I have again travelled to a foreign place and begun to learn the culture and language of the place and reflect on the values that drive my curriculum development and implementation. The experiential learning around this has been powerful and I am wondering how such an experience of looking at myself as a learner and a teacher at the same time might be of use in the academic realm? The questions/concerns/ideas that have come up during this particular experience mainly have [...] Ross, Stewart2010-06-09T17:14:56+00:002010-06-09T17:14:56+00:00Re: Assessing goals from left side of taxonomyhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;7ba8b0ef.1006bGood questions! As one of the Fink & Associates presenters I do hear this question often...of course many times it is not asked as a question but a threat...I am not going to do this since you can't measure caring or human dimension!<br><br>Having taught music before becoming a faculty developer I did switch my emphasis of a large introductory music course goals from mainly foundational knowledge and application to caring and human dimension. It became clear to me after just one semester of teaching the course back in the 1970s that foundational knowledge would not last long with students [...] Denise Domizi2010-06-09T12:48:10-04:002010-06-09T12:48:10-04:00Assessing goals from left side of taxonomyhttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;783f5dc3.1006bHi folks,<br>I work at the Center for Teaching and Learning at UGA and we have gone through the course design process with many faculty members now (in-house we affectionally call it, "Finking your course") through workshops and even a week-long Maymester Institute. In the fall I'll be teaching the process to a group of graduate students through a semester-long course. [...] Dee Fink2010-06-09T05:28:49-05:002010-06-09T05:28:49-05:00Re: Soft skills developmenthttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;a084dff8.1006bPeter,<br><br>What a wonderful task and related question.<br><br>I will leave the door open to others, to address your question of which of<br>these learning goals might have the largest impact. What I can't resist is<br>the opportunity to note two things about your list of possible learning<br>goals.<br><br>First, if you had not mentioned that the course was mainly about Management<br>and Marketing, I could have read that list as a good list of learning goals<br>for "Leadership in Any Kind of Organization" - churches, schools, the<br>military, university department chairs, non-profits, etc. [...] Peter Smith2010-06-09T20:47:30+12:002010-06-09T20:47:30+12:00Soft skills developmenthttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;4ff8dc1a.1006bHi all,<br><br>I, and two colleagues, have been tasked with developing, introducing, and<br>delivering a new core (aka compulsory) courses for our 1st year,<br>undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Commerce).The 'content' of the course is<br>largely based on Management and Marketing.<br><br>Aside from the 'content', there are explicit goals around the delivery of<br>soft skills. our starting list of soft skills is rather long (more than we<br>can possibly do). Our partial list includes: [...] Dee Fink2010-06-09T03:11:51-05:002010-06-09T03:11:51-05:00New Listserv on "Designing Better Learning Experiences" For your Studentshttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;7d18c6ec.1006bHello All,<br><br>First, I would like to thank all of you for signing up on the new listserv<br>on our "Designing Better Learning Expeirences" website.<br><br>The response has been quite encouraging. As of today (Wednesday<br>morning), over 60 people are on this list!<br><br>Second, I would like to encourage you to start posting some *questions,<br>concerns, or insights* to the listserv. [...] Benjamin Vassmer2010-05-11T22:19:35-05:002010-05-11T22:19:35-05:00Test Messagehttp://lists.ou.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=DESIGNLEARNING-L;60bb45b9.1005bThis is a test message. - Ben