This job aid explains why good beginnings are important and tells you what you should do to get off to a good start at the beginning of a new course. This job aid will help you to: make sure you are completely prepared to deliver the course before classes start; make your first day of class have lasting impact and set the tone; establish an excellent learning environment in the first few classes that will continue throughout the course. Includes techniques for online courses., Instructional Job Aid, Published. Level R.
This job aid describes the instructional strategies for leveraging the diversity in your classes to promote students’ academic and future professional success. This job aid will help you to: foster positive classroom dynamics; make lessons accessible and effective for all students; facilitate group learning; give effective feedback; choose visuals that enhance teaching and learning. Multilingual students refers to students whose primary language is not English and who may face challenges in their studies that are distinct from those that native English-speaking students face. Sometimes they are called English as a Second Language students or English as an Additional Language students. Everything in this job aid can be applied to all learning environments, including online learning., Instructional Job Aid, Published. Level R.
This job aid describes the educational value of asking questions and explains how you can enhance learning through the use of questioning. This job aid will help you to: select the appropriate types of questions for particular teaching situations; design a sequence of questions to deepen learning on a particular topic; manage question and answer exchanges to encourage participation. Includes techniques for online courses., Instructional Job Aid, Published. Level R.
This job aid explains the importance of learning outcomes and describes their connection with program goals. It defines the categories (domains) of learning outcomes and identifies the levels within these categories. This job aid will help you to: write focused learning outcomes for your courses that reflect the knowledge, skills, or attitudes and the level of learning required; ensure that your course has an appropriate number of learning outcomes., Instructional Job Aid, Published. Level R.
