Design or redesign a course with expert guidance from Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) consultants and input from colleagues across campus.
Course Design Studio 2024
Participants can choose among multiple Course Design Studio experiences and dates:
Asynchronous Online Track: September 30th - November 22nd, 2024, Canvas
Get a head start on designing or redesigning your Spring courses. The Center for Teaching and Learning provides guidance and support through our signature program, Course Design Studio, offered asynchronously for the first time! Beginning September 30th, participants will work through modules in Canvas designed to help them refine, revise, or build their course elements. This asynchronous experience will provide participants time to work through the process of course design. The experience will be highly interactive as in which participants will receive feedback from both CTL faculty and each other, benefitting from the rich experiences all bring to the studio.
Register for the online, asynchronous 2024 Course Design Studio here: 2024 CDS (Asynchronous) Registration
In-Person Track: May 21, 23, 28, & 30 from 9 a.m. to noon, Crosland 4160
During the In-Person Track, participants will be guided through the backward course design process as they develop or redesign the goals, assessments and learning activities for their courses. Each day will introduce course design frameworks and structures, create time for individual work, and facilitate sharing and feedback with colleagues. This track provides the most guided experience and may be best suited to those developing a new course and/or who are newer to the course design process. In-Person participants will also have access to the Course Design Studio Canvas site, which includes additional topics that may not be addressed during the in person sessions.
Register for the in-person 2024 Course Design Studio here: 2024 CDS Registration
Online Track: July 8, 10, 15, 17 from 9 a.m. to noon, Zoom
In the Online Track, participants will participate in the same guided activities using the backward course design process, including the frameworks, models, and structured exercises designed to help them build course elements, including learning goals, assessments, and learning activities. This track offers the most flexibility for participants who are interested in exploring areas of course design beyond the fundamentals of backward course design (though the essentials are also fully addressed). In addition, participants will engage in synchronous collaborative sessions via Zoom to share their course element designs with colleagues and CTL consultants.
No matter what your previous experience with course design, the Course Design Studio creates time to think about your upcoming courses and opportunities to share your ideas and get feedback from colleagues. We hope these two options for participation enhance the value of Course Design Studio for both new and returning participants.
Register for the virtual 2024 Course Design Studio here: 2024 CDS Registration