…ask students. For more on writing an effective syllabus, read: A Learner-Centered Syllabus Helps Set the Tone for Learning The Syllabus: Indicator of Instructional Intentions Tonic for the Boring Syllabus…
…conducted. It used to be that the instructor handed out the syllabus on the first day. Along with the syllabus, student impressions were formed by the instructor’s physical presence and…
…students do not follow syllabus instructions. In many on-campus classes, instructors devote at least several minutes of the first class to reviewing the syllabus. Such a review, however, is much…
I sometimes worry that we don’t think about the syllabus as expansively and creatively as we could. We focus, almost exclusively it seems to me, on what should be on…
…input could also address a hypothetical syllabus, such as one with a series of changes the teacher is considering making. You can ask students questions about the syllabus just after…
…the syllabus Observations on common characteristics of the sample syllabi we’ve received Reader-submitted articles on syllabus-related topics An annotated bibliography of scholarly literature on the syllabus A discussion of the…
…following advice on creating a syllabus. Be explicit. Because students in large online courses are not able to ask for and receive feedback, the syllabus needs to be explicit. “There’s…
Instructors spend a considerable amount of time planning the topics, content, and activities in their courses, but comparatively little time thinking about the syllabus. The syllabus often is treated as…
…encounter students who no longer wish to turn to printed documents for information. Consider an alternative: the interactive syllabus. This type of syllabus can be engaging, visually stimulating, and environmentally…
…students said that they read the graphic syllabus more completely than they normally read a text syllabus, and 88 percent reported a greater overall preference for a graphic syllabus. But…
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