We just lost 10+ days due to the February 2021 Winter Storm. An event such this will likely happen again in the future. Below, find a checklist to help prioritize how to redesign your syllabi and content and guide decision making during academic continuity situations.
Revisit the Big Ideas of the Course – Redesign activities to ensure those big ideas are met.
What are the lynchpin ideas for your course? The ideas that without which, students’ subject-matter understanding may very well fall apart?
For example, for my Design Pedagogy course here in UT’s College of Fine Arts, one of the big ideas is that all learning involves the making of memories. I want to ensure that the content we planned to address during the February 2021 Winter Storm closure that feeds that big idea is retained in some fashion.
Direct your redesign with threads to your big ideas. Eradicate items that lightly or minimally build toward big idea development. Continue Reading Redesign Checklist for Instructional Continuity
