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Course Design as a Gateway to Student Well-being 

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Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Intentional course design, it turns out, emphasizes many of the very same things that support student well-being (Slavin, Schindler, & Chibnall, 2014).

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Course Design as a Gateway to Student Well-being 

Faculty Focus

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Intentional course design, it turns out, emphasizes many of the very same things that support student well-being (Slavin, Schindler, & Chibnall, 2014).

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Is Student Absenteeism a Growing Problem at Colleges, Too?

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She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors.

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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

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All classes follow an easy-to-use course design: establish goals–what students will learn by the end of the class. Search the course catalogue by 1) credit type (Quick Classes, PD, or grad school credit), 2) content, 3) Academic partner (the college or University you are sending credits to), or 4) grade level.

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Five Things to Do During the Grumpy Time of the Semester

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2011) into all parts of our courses (see Saucier et al., 2022 for a discussion of the empathetic course design perspective). This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. This empathetic course design perspective is important to us. Raimondi, 2019).

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The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment 

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This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. Lesson planning with engagement in mind: Proactive classroom management strategies for curriculum instruction.

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Five Things to Do During the Grumpy Time of the Semester

Faculty Focus

2011) into all parts of our courses (see Saucier et al., 2022 for a discussion of the empathetic course design perspective). This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. This empathetic course design perspective is important to us. Raimondi, 2019).