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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 

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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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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. For example, consider a faculty member who pursues assessment for the strict purpose of “satisfying the Dean.” Ted: I have?

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How an Experimental Online Course Helped One Anthropology Department Keep a Professor and a Half

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Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. One TA flew back early, Wesch says, because of “culture shock issues and mental health issues.”

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Using Design Thinking to Develop a Career Development Plan SWOT Analysis

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A SWOT analysis The five stages of the Stanford Design Thinking Process were used to structure the course. Design thinking activities and assessments were designed at each stage of the course. Stage 5 in the design thinking process: Test. Interaction Design Foundation. F., & Siang, T.Y.

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The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment 

Faculty Focus

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. For example, consider a faculty member who pursues assessment for the strict purpose of “satisfying the Dean.” Ted: I have?

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Using Design Thinking to Develop a Career Development Plan SWOT Analysis

Faculty Focus

A SWOT analysis The five stages of the Stanford Design Thinking Process were used to structure the course. Design thinking activities and assessments were designed at each stage of the course. Stage 5 in the design thinking process: Test. Interaction Design Foundation. F., & Siang, T.Y.