General Education Course Design
CEI staff provides support for course design, course redesign and pedagogical innovation, as well as for the articulation of learning outcomes and development of student assessments for UB's revised General Education program.
As faculty work to create courses that meet the needs of the revised General Education program, CEI can offer the following services and support:
Online Resources
Syllabus Design/Redesign
Instruction in the Use of Blackboard Tools (UBlearns)
Development of Learning Outcomes
Mapping of Learning Outcomes to UB General Education, SUNY GER, AACU/LEAP and MSCHE Outcomes
Design of Instructional Activities and Materials
- Methods of Teaching and Learning
- Teaching in Universities and Colleges (online course)
- Designing an Exemplary Course (next session will be offered in summer 2015)
Development of Methods to Assess Student Achievement of Outcomes
Workshops (Scheduled and On-Demand)
In addition to online resources, CEI will be offering a series of three workshops every month from March through September 2015, each geared toward different levels of need.
Course Alignment and Redesign
This workshop is designed for the faculty member interested in reviewing an existing course for alignment to the new general education where a minimal level of revision and redesign is expected. The emphasis will be on syllabus revision.
Designing a New Course? Introduction and Overview
Participants will be led through the process of “backward design” to determine the outcomes students will achieve by taking the class and then outline the course syllabus to demonstrate how the course will help students achieve these outcomes and how the faculty will assess student achievement.
Course Design Boot Camp
In this intensive working session, faculty will design the most detailed aspects of a proposed course, including the refinement of learning outcomes, mapping course outcomes to program outcomes, designing instructional activities and student assessments, and writing the course syllabus in compliance with Faculty Senate requirements.
