Text
You know you want some. . . Now’s your chance!
THE SYLLABUSTHE SYLLABUSas a Learning Device
GraphicGraphic
Who’s the teacher?
How hard is he/she?
Is there a paper?
Will I pass?
Two components
Two components
Schedule of topics
Learning objectives/outcomes
44 basic items . . .44 basic items . . .
Syllabus checklist . . . .Syllabus checklist . . . .
Why don’t they read?
Why don’t they read?
Too much text?Too much text?
Average reading speed for college students. . .
Average reading speed for college students. . .
250 words a minute. . .
One typed page
250 words per minute
one typed page. . .
100 words per minute
scientific text . . .
Is there another way?Is there another way?
Structure connects the known with the unknownStructure connects the known with the unknown
Graphic syllabus
Outcomes map
organization and schedule
learning
We learn better from We learn better from
words and pictures words and pictures
together than from together than from
words or pictureswords or pictures
alone.alone.
We learn better from We learn better from
words and pictures words and pictures
together than from together than from
words or pictureswords or pictures
alone.alone.
Detail and organization
Gestalt+
The best of both worlds
SyllabusDesign
CourseDesign
RubricDesign Assessment
Design
A Taxonomy of Teaching Design
SyllabusDesign
A Taxonomy of Teaching Design
CourseDesign
RubricDesign
AssessmentDesign
Graphicelementsbreak upblocks oftext. . . .
GraphicElementsGraphic
Elements
EfficientEfficient MemorableMemorable
PerceptualPerceptualEnhancementEnhancement
individual elements
spatial arrangement
Two memory systems:
episodic
visual-spatial
semantic
verbal
Retained better and longer
Retrieved more easily
Graphicsyllabus
We seethe wholepictureat once. . .
Graphic syllabus
Outcomes map
Now it’s up to you!
O’Brien, Judith Grunert, Millis, Barbara, and Cohen, Margaret W. (2008). The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach, 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Nilson, Linda (2007). The Graphic Syllabus and the Outcomes Map: Communicating Your Course. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
References
Music“Uprising,” Muse.
Entelechy Productions (2010)