Course Craft: Designing Effective Courses

LLI

January 6, 2025 to January 7, 2025

Location: LUMS Learning Institute- Ground Floor Academic Block (Out-Gate Entrance; Opposite OSA)LUMS Learning Institute- Ground Floor Academic Block (Out-Gate Entrance; Opposite OSA)

Facilitators:

  • Fatima Iftikhar

  • Anusheh Attique

  • Dr. Qasim Imtiaz

  • Hiba Akbar

FCTL: Theory and Practice - Course Design Module

Format: 

  • Facilitator-led theme sessions 

  • Individual work (building components, applying new skills & knowledge) 

  • Small Group discussion (for peer feedback)

Description: 

Would you like to design or redesign one of your courses and enhance your teaching skills? Join a group of fellow faculty members led by faculty facilitators from the LUMS Learning Institute to discuss strategies for course design and teaching that focus on enhancing student learning. Bring an existing course or your ideas for designing a new one. You will leave this workshop with new insights about teaching and a draft course plan. 

Outcomes: 

  • Apply principles of backwards design to improve student engagement and learning through course planning. 

  • Identify situational factors that affect decisions you make in the design process. • Articulate clear and measurable learning outcomes that are accessible to a variety of learners. 

  • Adopt principles of constructive alignment to select and devise assessment and instructional strategies with intended learning.

2-Day Overview 

The workshop includes interactive activities, mini lectures, and exercises where participants apply course design principles to a specific course in their discipline. There will be opportunities for individual work time and small group discussions for peer feedback on various parts of your design.

Advanced Preparation 

Advanced preparation will be communicated to you as part of the registration confirmation email. Upon registration confirmation you will be added to the course on LMS to access the resources required during the two days workshop. 

Time Commitment 

2 days 

Workshop delivery 

The workshop will be conducted in-person at the LUMS Learning Institute. 

Registration 

To register for the course, please click here. 

Cancellations 

If you need to cancel your participation in this workshop, please email lli@lums.edu.pk as soon as possible as there are people on the waitlist who wish to attend the session.

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