Anchoring sustainable teaching practices with foundational course design
Session Type
Poster
Room
The Great Hall, Somerville House (room 3326)
Start Date
17-7-2025 4:00 PM
End Date
17-7-2025 6:00 PM
Keywords
course design, foundational practices, pedagogy, teaching, learning, engaging
Primary Threads
None of the Above
Abstract
Amidst a fair amount of disruptions within education, teaching, and learning in the past few years, there still remains some certainty. Core educational and instructional practices such as the fundamental elements of course design including alignment of assessments, inclusive classroom environments, active learning with student engagement, transparency with teaching philosophies, and clear expectations and guidelines have always and will always be important in teaching and learning. This poster presentation will aim to share some practices, strategies, and examples in each of the areas outlined above. This will serve as a survey of different strategies that instructors could consider implementing and/or will aim to reinforce their existing practices. These examples will come from responses to pandemic teaching through to generative-AI, as well as through the literature. Through these examples, the goal is to demonstrate how small changes in responses to disruptions can allow for adaptation. In addition, to demonstrate how a small change in response to one disruption is applicable in response to another disruption. The emphasis on a small change(s) is meant to reinforce the importance of a strong foundational course design that can withstand disruptions.
Elements of Engagement
I plan to engage participants in my session through discussion and conversation with a poster as a visual to guide them through the foundational elements of course design.
this poster will be an offering (i.e., survey) of different strategies that educators could consider implementing and/or reinforcing within their existing practices.
Anchoring sustainable teaching practices with foundational course design
The Great Hall, Somerville House (room 3326)
Amidst a fair amount of disruptions within education, teaching, and learning in the past few years, there still remains some certainty. Core educational and instructional practices such as the fundamental elements of course design including alignment of assessments, inclusive classroom environments, active learning with student engagement, transparency with teaching philosophies, and clear expectations and guidelines have always and will always be important in teaching and learning. This poster presentation will aim to share some practices, strategies, and examples in each of the areas outlined above. This will serve as a survey of different strategies that instructors could consider implementing and/or will aim to reinforce their existing practices. These examples will come from responses to pandemic teaching through to generative-AI, as well as through the literature. Through these examples, the goal is to demonstrate how small changes in responses to disruptions can allow for adaptation. In addition, to demonstrate how a small change in response to one disruption is applicable in response to another disruption. The emphasis on a small change(s) is meant to reinforce the importance of a strong foundational course design that can withstand disruptions.