eMentors Module 102: How do I design a syllabus?
Module Description: In this module you will:
- Examine university poliocies regarding the creation of a syllabus
- Identify the components of an effective syllabus
- Explore the ways the syllabus can be a way to cnonect with and engage students (e.g. Ken Bain's "promising syllabus"
Your eMentor: Jean Sawyer
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Years of Teaching Experience: 4
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Want to Learn More?
- Bain, K. (2004). What the best college teachers do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.
- O’Brien Grunert, J., Millis, B. J., & Cohen, M. W. (2008). The course syllabus: A learning-centered approach, 2nd ed. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons.
- The link to classroom behavior policies page from the Community Rights and Responsibilities Website: http://www.deanofstudents.ilstu.edu/downloads/ExampleClassroomBehaviorStatementsforyourSyllabus.pdf
- Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology web page link for suggestions regarding attendance policies (from the December 2007 LINK): http://www.teachtech.ilstu.edu/downloads/pdf/TheLINK/vol1no12.pdf
- Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology web page link for suggestions regarding syllabus design: http://www.teachtech.ilstu.edu/resources/askCTLT/askCTLT_10.php
