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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-CourseĀ 

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For optimal effectiveness, the pre-course purpose should be clearly defined with student learning outcomes that inform, excite, and prepare students for their upcoming course material. After the student learning outcomes have been defined, the creation of the pre-course does not have to be complex.

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Three Ways to Prime Students for Learning

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We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. The content of the questions is aligned to the learning outcomes and is linked to the subsequent assignments.

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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

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If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

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Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partners in their education. Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals.

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The Power of Choice: Unlocking Student Engagement in the Online Classroom

Faculty Focus

Assignment options included: online discussions journals research analyses video explorations current event analyses This approach meant that, by the end of the course, students had completed three of each assignment type and 15 mastery quizzes.

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Three Ways to Prime Students for Learning

Faculty Focus

We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. The content of the questions is aligned to the learning outcomes and is linked to the subsequent assignments.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

On a practice and policy level, there is widespread agreement that formative assessment and feedback should be featured within course design and delivery (Carless & Winstone, 2019). Below, in diagram 1, are some examples of formative and summative assessments that can be utilized in the classroom.

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