Little Memorial Library: Best Practices: FDI Fall 2018

Faculty Development Institute Fall 2018

FDI Fall 2018: Assessment and Reflection
The program and agenda for the Fall 2018 Faculty Development Institute, held on August 13-16, 2018.

The Reflective Practitioner
Reflective practice is linked to improved student learning outcomes and engagements as well as improved experiences for teachers. This workshop explores perceptions of reflective practice and discusses its usefulness in teaching and learning.
Reflective Practice Workbook
Faculty workbook for The Reflective Practioner

From Salads to Outcomes
Program and course student learning outcomes are the road map to a successful, effective curriculum. This workshop discusses the components of effective student learning outcomes, explores the relationship between course and program outcomes, and provides exercises for faculty to assist in reviewing their own outcomes.

Outcome Review Checklist
Use this checklist to make sure your student learning outcomes are SMART.
Bloom's Taxonomy Verb list
This is a list of Bloom's Taxonomy verbs
Krawthwohl's Affective Domain
Affective learning is demonstrated by behaviors indicating attitudes of awareness, interest, attention, concern, and responsibility, ability to listen and respond in interactions with others, and ability to demonstrate those attitudinal characteristic or values which are appropriate to the test situation and the field of study.
Verbs for Significant Learning
A taxonomy based on Fink's "Designing Courses for Significant Learning"
The ABCDs of Writing Instructional Objectives
An excellence reference on the different types of learning outcome taxonomies.
Curriculum Mapping Templates
A resource for mapping program and course outcomes.

Activity: Good vs Bad
Determine which of the following listed are effective course learning objectives.
Taxonomy Table
Use this table to map student learning objectives based on knowledge and cognitive process domains.
Mapping Worksheet
You can use this worksheet to map program and course outcomes. It can also be formatted to include certificate requirements.

Acitivty Model for Designing Instruction
In this workshop we examine an instructional design model for selecting and sequencing learning activities that can be used to support student learning objectives.
Learning Activity Taxonomy
An organizer of learning activities based on Bloom's Taxonomy
Learning Activity Planning Guide
Faculty can use this template as they select learning activity types to support instruction.