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Instructional Delivery: [In-class, Hybrid, Online, etc.]

Pedagogical Approaches: [Flipped, Supplemental Instruction, Peer Instruction, Active/Inquiry-based Learning, Clickers, AR/VR, AI, etc.]

About the LIT Redesign (Stage 1)

Background on the Redesign

Why Redesign your Course?

  • Course Characteristics
  • The Learning Problem

High Demand/Low Success/Facilities Bottleneck Issues

  • Describe the high demand/low success/facilities bottlenecks issues, if any, which are affecting the course you are redesigning?

Course History / Background

  • How is course placed in the department?

(Upload syllabus from pre-designed course)

About the Students and Instructor(s) (Stage 2)

Student Characteristics

  • The population of students who take the course, and their incoming knowledge and/or skills that they typically have coming into the class.

Advice I Give my Students to be Successful

  • What are the instructions you give your students so they have a first-rate learning experience? Consider providing as much detail as possible.

Impact of Student Learning Outcomes/Objectives (SLOs) on Course Redesign

  • List approximately 5 - 10 learning outcomes which will determine what students will know and be able to do as a result of this course. The assessments you facilitate in your course should be appropriate measures of these learning outcomes.

Alignment of SLOs With LIT Redesign

  • Briefly describe how the course redesign will align with the SLOs.

Assessments Used to Measure Students' Achievement of SLOs

  • How are you planning to assess the students' achievement regarding the SLOs?
  • What course activities are you planning to measure?
  • If you use an assessment rubric(s), please upload here.

Accessibility, Affordability, and Diversity Accessibility

  • Share how you have considered designing the course to serve students with varied abilities. Does the technology support all students, including students with disabilities? Consider tapping into campus resources for video captioning or appropriate syllabus design for sight-impaired students.

Affordability

  • Are the course materials and technologies used readily available and affordable for your students? Describe the potential cost savings when using more affordable learning materials. To learn more: AL$, COOL4Ed, or MERLOT

Diversity

  • Do the pedagogical strategies support students' learning with diverse backgrounds? For example, consider cultural, ethnic,gender, student learning style preferences, socioeconomic status, first generation students, etc.

About the Instructor

  • Instructor name(s). Please provide a 4-5 sentence description of your professional background and interests, your teaching philosophy, or anything else you'd like to share publicly. Suggestion: Add a picture and/or video.

Curriculum Vitae

  • My C.V. with the details of my background and interests. (Please include your name.)

LIT Redesign Planning (Stage 3)

Implementing the Redesigned Course What aspects of your course have you redesigned?

  • What are you now doing or planning to do through the redesign of your course? For example, "I used to lecture with some question/answer periods for 50 minutes. Now I "flipped" the classroom and have my students solve problems in groups of 4 during the class and I present 10 minute mini-lectures when students are confused about key topics."

Describe the class size(s) What technology is being used?

  • What technology strategies have you adopted and why? Explain how you have incorporated the technology to enhance your course redesign.

What professional development activities have you participated during your course redesign?

  • The PLC webinars, technology training, conferences, etc. § Key concepts learned?

Which Additional Resources Were Needed for the Redesign?

  • Describe, for example, how you might have incorporated or consulted with institutional research, instructional designers, department or campus colleagues, librarian, and/or the accessibility technology center.

(Upload your revised syllabus here)

LIT Results and Findings (Stage 4)

LIT Redesign Impact on Teaching and Learning

  • How has the course redesign strategies affected your instruction and your students’ learning? Did your redesign strategy solve the issues that motivated you to redesign the course?
  • Describe how your students mastered the student learning outcomes. Were the students more successful in the redesigned course than in previous courses? Explain.
  • Did you experience unexpected results after teaching the redesigned course? If so, what were they?
  • Consider attaching a more in-depth report describing the impact of your activities and experiences during the course redesign as a document/link/image. If possible consider including samples of students' work that reflect the impact of the redesign.

Assessment Findings

  • Use table and chart template to report course data (required).
  • Upload table and chart from your template (required) and reflect on your findings with a short description. You must include a course grades comparison of pre/post student achievements.
  • Share how your students achieved the learning outcomes? Describe how they mastered the learning outcomes compared to previous courses?

Student Feedback

  • What did your students say or how did they respond to the redesigned activities? Consider including your students' comments about their learning. Include survey results if you are able to capture them. Include student video feedback (optional).

Challenges my Students Encountered

  • What challenges did the students encounter in the redesigned activities? E.g., technical challenges, organization of course, and redesigned activities.

Lessons Learned & Redesign Tips

Teaching Tips

  • What advice do you have for others who might want to use this redesigned course?

Course Redesign Obstacles

  • What challenges did you confront and how did you overcome them?

Strategies I Used to Increase Engagement

  • What pedagogical strategies did you use in your new redesigned course to engage students?

Sustainability

  • How do plan to sustain the LIT redesign beyond the funding period?

Instructor Reflection

  • Reflect on your participation in redesigning a course, development of an ePortfolio, participation in CSU Course Redesign Professional Learning Community Share any plans to disseminate/publish the findings of your course redesign activity.