Colleagues Committed to Redesign (C²R)

Disciplinary Institutes Homework

•   Background Reading

Read the following prior to the Disciplinary Institutes:

Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: New Models for Online Learning by Carol A. Twigg.
A full description of five course redesign models with examples.

Five Principles of Successful Course Redesign
A summary of the redesign techniques that are essential to improving student learning while reducing instructional costs.

Optional : If you would like to read additional materials on course redesign, see the list at http://www.thencat.org/Rec_Reading.htm.

Also read the course redesign case studies in your discipline listed below. For each, begin at http://www.thencat.org/PCR/Proj_Discipline_all.html and follow the links to the full project descriptions, each of which includes a full academic plan, a full cost savings plan, a completed Course Planning Tool (CPT) an interim progress report, and a final project report. The final project report describes the impact of the redesign on student learning and student retention; final cost savings achieved; techniques that most contributed to improved learning and reduced costs; and, an assessment of future sustainability.

•   Humanities: Florida Gulf Coast University, Tallahassee Community College, Portland State University.
•   Mathematics, statistics, computer science : University of Alabama, Rio Salado College, Ohio State
    University.
•   Natural sciences: University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of
    Iowa.
•  Social sciences: University of New Mexico, University of Central Florida, Eastern Washington University.

Optional: You might want to also peruse other case studies in your discipline.

•   Prepare a Team Presentation

Your team should be prepared to present a ten-minute summary of your choice of redesign model and how you intend to implement the “Five Principles of Successful Course Redesign” within that model. For part of the institutes, we will divide the participants into small groups so that each team can share ideas about models and principles and receive feedback on your ideas from fellow participants, Redesign Scholars and NCAT staff.