Principles of Effective College Teaching | Magna Publications

"This online, on-demand course will give grad students, teaching assistants, and new faculty the information and confidence they need to be an effective college instructor. Learn how to effectively design a course, create exams, manage content, increase student engagement, deal with common classroom challenges, evaluate learning, and more." writes Magna Publications.

Photo: James Lang

Led by James Lang, PhD, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College, the online course provides evidence-based pedagogical advice on how to effectively design a course, create exams, manage content, increase student engagement, deal with common classroom challenges, evaluate learning, and more.

Because it’s self-paced, you can complete the course on your own timeline, and assessments built into the course ensure that you’re staying on track and retaining valuable information. In addition to the video-based presentations, you’ll also get expertly developed supplemental materials, including resource lists, that you can reference right away or long after you’ve finished the course.

Specifically, in Principles of Effective College Teaching you will learn how to:

• Apply key principles of learning to course design and delivery
• Develop course frameworks that naturally foster intrinsic motivation among learners
• Articulate course learning objectives and construct meaningful assessments from those objectives
• Plan class activities that promote active learning
• Provide feedback that inspires further learning

Knowing your material is certainly critical for a successful academic career. Knowing how to teach it is just as important. Principles of Effective College Teaching will teach you the fundamentals of higher education instruction.
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Source: Magna Publications