Considerations for Redesigning Courses
For many reasons, instructors will face redesigning a course. They may be given course materials from another instructor, they may be facing some tough feedback they want to address, they may want to transform the course in light of a new method/ideology, or they may simply want to make the course better, more updated, or more engaging. While taking into consideration discipline and departmental course requirements, it can be both exciting and daunting to embark on a course redesign. Western supports continual course improvement and has resources and people to help.
Redesigning Courses to Better Meet Student Needs
- Consultation with an Instructional Designer - ATUS, WWU
- Consultation with the Office of Equity - WWU
- Review of Course Evaluations
- Using Student Evaluations to Improve Your Teaching - Boise State Univ.
- Course Evaluations - Office of Institutional Effectiveness, WWU
- Midpoint Course Evaluations
- Options for Evaluation of Instruction- ATUS, WWU
Transformation Ideas
ADEI Focus
- Heuristic for Inclusive Instructional Design - TLCo-op, WWU
- Project Development for Inclusive Courses Workshop - TLCo-op, WWU
- Office of Equity - WWU
- Enrollment and Student Services: Access, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - WWU
AI Considerations
- AI & Chatbots Teaching Considerations - TLCo-op, WWU
- FAQs: Generative AI in Teaching, Learning, & Technology - ATUS, WWU
- Technology & Trends - Teaching Handbook, WWU
Hybrid/Online/In-Person Modality Focus
- Instructional Design for Hybrid and Online Courses Workshop - TLCo-op, WWU
- WesternOnline - Outreach and Continuing Education, WWU
- Flexibility Modality Toolkit - TLCo-op WWU
Open Educational Resources (OER) Focus
- OER Introduction Workshop and OER Tools & Development Workshop - TLCo-op, WWU
- OER Toolkit - Teaching Handbook, WWU
- OER at Western - WWU
Course Design Basics
- Course Objectives - Teaching Handbook, WWU
- Planning Assignments - Teaching Handbook, WWU
- Assessment Strategies - Teaching Handbook, WWU
Course Design Brainstorming
- Backward Design - Teaching Handbook, WWU
- Big Ideas - Teaching Handbook, WWU
- Threshold Concepts - Teaching Handbook, WWU