scholarly journals Strategic Design toward Foundational Learning Goals in Introduction to Sociology

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-53
Author(s):  
Kimberly B. Rogers ◽  
Adam Nemeroff ◽  
Kelly Caputo
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Strategic Design

Scholars of teaching and learning in sociology have argued that introductory courses should teach toward foundational learning goals instead of providing an exhaustive review of the discipline. Nevertheless, prior research has provided far more guidance on what instructors ought to teach than how they can cohesively support learning across the goals advocated. Additionally, few studies have considered whether introductory course designs adequately address students’ diverse reasons for enrolling. To address this gap in the literature, we offer insights from our experiences with a redesigned introductory course tailored to support student learning in the areas recommended by earlier work. After describing our learning goals and the elements of our course design, which are grounded in empirical findings from the literature, we present evidence for the efficacy of this design in achieving key disciplinary learning goals, serving students’ personal learning goals, and attracting new and existing majors and minors.

scholarly journals Teaching and Learning Without a Textbook

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Lin
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Internet Connections ◽  
Study Participants

Given the upsurge of textbook costs, college students increasingly expect universities and instructors to offer alternatives to traditional textbooks. One textbook alternative is using open educational resources (OER). While OER unquestionably save students money, the question remains whether the adoption of OER (instructional materials) is aligned with open pedagogy (methods). This study investigated 46 undergraduate students’ perceptions of using only OER in an introductory course in a large American public university. As reported by study participants, advantages of using OER include textbook cost savings, access to dynamic and plentiful OER materials, that OER enabling mobile learning, and that OER foster the development of self-directed skills and copyright guidelines. Challenges reported include lacking a tactile sense with OER, slow Internet connections, unclear instruction and guidance, and insufficient self-regulation skills. Course design and implementation considerations were discussed.

scholarly journals How Metacognitive Instructors Can Use Their Learning Management System to Facilitate Student Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke Winckelmann ◽  
John Draeger
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Management System ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Instructional Method ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Student Progress ◽  
Learning Management

This essay explores ways instructors can be metacognitive about course design, including selecting tools in the Learning Management System (LMS) to support student learning. It offers strategies for being intentional about learning within the LMS and examples of online modules that can be directly incorporated into course instruction or can be self-contained, student-directed, and stand alone. These examples serve as a blueprint for creating predictable structures that offer guidance and opportunities for students to learn about their own learning. We also argue that purposeful use of LMS tools can provide opportunities for instructor to monitor student progress toward learning goals and make adjustments to their instructional method when appropriate.

MOOCs – A Challenge or an Opportunity

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keld Hvam
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Individual Learning ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Learning Path ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Individual

This article discusses whether universities should create some MOOCs themselves or use the existing ones constructively in their teaching – thus meeting the potential challenges head-on and turning these into opportunities. After presenting various definitions the writer goes on to discuss whether MOOCs are a challenge or an opportunity for universities. The answer to this question depends on the strategies adopted by the individual university. Therefore, a strategy for embedding MOOCs in current courses is presented. It seems that we are moving towards teaching and learning in networks rather than following the centuries-old linear thinking. Lecturers will agree with their students what their individual learning goals are – so there will be much more focus on goals or aims (learning outcomes), and a system will then be set up in which the individual student is motivated to seek and identify his or her own personal learning path towards that goal – also called adaptive learning. And MOOCs can be an integral part of this.

What Should Students Understand After Taking Introduction to Sociology?

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 300-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Hodges Persell ◽  
Kathryn M. Pfeiffer ◽  
Ali Syed
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Introductory Sociology ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Teaching Award ◽  
Research Questions

Sociologists have long reflected on what should be taught in sociology. In recent years, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has produced several important publications on key principles and learning goals for the introductory course. However, little current work has systematically examined what peer-recognized leaders in the field deem important for introductory sociology. This paper is an effort to fill this research gap. Our research questions include: What do leaders think students should understand after an introduction to sociology course? Do the goals of Teaching Award winners differ from those of other leaders? How do the leaders' goals compare with those expressed in leading SoTL publications? To address these questions, we interviewed a sample of 44 leaders in 2005-2006. Using qualitative content analysis, we systematically coded, analyzed, and compared their goals.

scholarly journals Age-Friendly Teaching and Learning: New Roles for Older Adults Across the Curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 547-547
Author(s):  
Kimberly Farah ◽  
Joann Montepare
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Older Learners ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Abstract The pioneering Age-Friendly University (AFU) framework, with its set of ten guiding principles, advocates for enabling older adults to participate fully in educational activities that promote positive and healthy aging. In addition, the AFU principles call attention to bringing younger and older learners together around educational goals, and engaging learners in collaborative classroom experiences that facilitate the reciprocal sharing of expertise between learners of all ages. Implied, but not articulated, in these principles is the idea that older adults’ expertise, skills, and talents can also be tapped to support classroom learning goals and extend teaching strategies. This presentation will show how older adults can serve as valuable educational allies in classrooms across the curriculum with examples of crime scenario developers in a forensics class, conversation partners in an international oral communication class, and professional interviewers in an internship skills class. Evidence will argue that these roles enhance student learning.

scholarly journals Republication of “Principles of effective course design: What I wish I had known about learning-centered teaching 30 years ago”

2021 ◽  
pp. 105256292110449
Author(s):  
David A. Whetten
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Learning Assessments ◽  
Design Learning ◽  
Learning Centered ◽  
University Professor ◽  
The Impact

Ten years ago, after 20 years as a university professor, I was asked to direct the teaching and learning support center at my university. I quickly realized I had almost no knowledge of the published scholarship on this subject. From my reading of this literature, I found the research on the predictors of student learning particularly informative. In particular, I gained an appreciation for the impact of course design. In this article, I summarize a framework for designing “significant learning experiences.” In discussing the three key components of course design (learning outcomes, learning activities, and learning assessments), I offer tips and give examples relevant for the field of management. My intent is to share the most important information I have learned from a decade of conversations with experts on student learning—the things I wish someone had taught me 30 years ago.

A Learner-Centered Student Course Portfolio

Volume 1 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mysore Narayanan
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Term Papers ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning

In this short paper the author tries to explain how a learner-centered student course portfolio has helped him to document the educational outcomes. The author has taught and is currently teaching the subject matter of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Fluid Mechanics at an undergraduate level. Here the author tries to correlate the assessment of student learning to the assessment of instructor teaching methodologies. It is well known that industry is in need of employees that are committed to long-term development and continuous improvement. The key element here is to recognize the fundamental concept that teaching and learning are connected and therefore it is essential that the interaction between the instructor and learner is properly documented in the portfolio. (Cerbin, 1994). While addressing these issues, the author raises five questions: 1. What should be counted as appropriate goals in an undergraduate engineering course that has a significant laboratory component? 2. Are the teaching practices utilized by the instructor in this course providing reasonably acceptable paths toward accomplishing the specified learning goals? 3. What do students actually accomplish in the course and the laboratory exercises and how does the instructor’s teaching methodologies contribute to students’ intellectual development and progress? 4. How does the instructor respond to students’ learning difficulties? Does the teacher revise the teaching strategies to address such problems? 5. What impact does this type of teaching have on students’ life-long learning attitudes? Are they able to “learn, how to learn.” A course portfolio is deemed as a specified document that represents the specific accomplishments of the student and is structured to explain what, how and why the students learnt in that particular course. The portfolio shall include everything that was accomplished in that particular course. It should contain a teaching statement that provides a flow-chart. (Knapper, 1995). Further, an assessment analysis of student learning should be supported by class work, problem sets, quizzes, examinations, research reports, term papers, examinations, laboratory reports, etc. An analysis of student feedback is essential to document teaching effectiveness. Finally, a comprehensive course summary. The summary should describe the strengths and weaknesses of the course in terms of students’ learning. (Richlin, 1995).

scholarly journals ENGINEERING INSTRUCTORS AND THEIR TEACHING GOALS, TEACHING PRACTICES AND CONCEPTIONS OF STUDENT LEARNING IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Romkey
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Teaching Goals ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering Education

This paper shares the results of a multiinstitutional study examining the teaching goals andpractices of engineering instructors. Through both a survey and a set of interviews, engineering instructors at four institutions in Ontario were invited to share their key teaching and learning goals, teaching philosophy, and the use of teaching and learning activities in the teaching of undergraduate engineering students. Engineering instructors shared a surprising diversity of teaching goals and practices, and through a discussion of powerful teaching activities, a set of conceptualizations around student learning emerged, ordered in decreasingprominence: Students learn through: (1) making realworld connections; (2) application of concepts; (3) interaction with the instructor; (4) interaction between students; (5) independence and ownership and (6) listening to what the professor says and does. These views are all reflected in the diversity of learning theories available in the literature, and in particular situated learning theory, but an understanding of these specific conceptualizations, articulated by engineering instructors, can be used to better support engineering instructors in their teaching, and in the development of new curricular initiatives in undergraduate engineering education. This work expands on the existing literature on teaching in higher education and teaching practices in engineering.

MODIFIKASI MODEL PEMBELAJARAN AUDITORY INTELECTUALY REPETITION DENGAN STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN TUGAS DAN PAKSA

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anisa Farida ◽  
Nadia Rizky Harisuna ◽  
Septianna Nurida
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Quality Of Learning

The purpose of this writing is to provide innovation in learning in the classroom by using varied learning models. So that the quality of learning in the classroom increases and is more interesting. In addition, it can also improve student activity, foster a spirit of learning and completing tasks well. The problem of learning in Indonesia is a problem that must be taken seriously, especially by the teacher. Therefore, teachers must be able to inspire students to be actively involved in the learning process of selection and determination of learning strategies that are most appropriate to the characteristics of students. With the existence of this writing, the background of the difficulties in understanding the material is also the lack of enthusiasm of students in learning the material and completing the assignments given by the teacher which have an impact on student learning outcomes that are still low. The low student learning outcomes, of course, many factors that cause, for example the classic problem about the application of learning methods that are still teacher-centered, so students tend to passively listen to the teacher's explanation. So, the choice of methods and strategies in teaching and learning in class is very important because it can affect the results of teaching and learning in the classroom and obtain the desired learning goals. For this reason, the teacher can use the Auditory Intellectually Repetition (AIR) learning method which is modified by the task strategy and force. The learning model of Auditory Intellectually Repetition (AIR) is a method that is focused on providing direct and enjoyable learning experiences. Experience learning directly by learning to listen or listen (auditory), learn intellectually and learn with repetition. Meanwhile, the Task and Forces strategy is a learning strategy that has little effect on students to complete tasks until they are completed and on time. If it does not complete the assignment given by the teacher, then there is a penalty for students who do not do their duties according to the previous agreement. So that students will be motivated in listening, understanding the material conveyed by the teacher and doing the task on time. This strategy can also improve the quality of student learning to reduce the level of student laziness and provide good learning outcomes. By combining this method it is hoped that it can make students become more disciplined and responsible for the tasks given. Therefore, combining these models and strategies is needed in the learning process so that the learning process is interesting and the quality of learning increases.

scholarly journals An Analysis of EFL Learners’ Needs for Student-Centered Translation Course Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Hui-chuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Central Taiwan

<p><em>In recent years, translation learning has been a main focus of university language learners, but no studies in students’ needs have been explored for translation course design. Thus, the current research aimed to analyze EFL learners’ needs for student-centered translation course design. The subjects were 90 juniors from the Department of Applied Foreign Languages at a technological university in central Taiwan. The instrument was a 45-item questionnaire on learning goals, course planning, instructional materials, teaching and learning, and evaluation. Descriptive analysis was conducted on the Likert-scale questionnaire items to calculate frequencies, percentages, means, ranks, and standard deviations. The results showed that English-major students believed translation courses are required for both language and working skill training. The findings also implied that translation curriculum should involve more authentic materials, learning activities, and evaluation. The genres and topics selection need to take learners’ interests and small ‘c’ cultural knowledge into account. It is also suggested that classes be smaller to increase interactions between teachers and students. With explicit guidelines, group work in a translation course can lead to success in translation learning. The practical implications of the current study were also discussed. </em></p>

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