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CTSI ACUE-Certified Faculty Lunchtime Series: Using Concept Maps to Improve Course Design and Assessment

18 May 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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Date:
18 May 2022
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
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Presenters:
Naomi Levy-Strumpf, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Human Biology Program, FAS
Andrea L. Williams, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Director of Writing & Rhetoric, Innis College and WIT (Writing-Integrated Teaching), FAS

 
Join U of T faculty graduates of the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Effective Teaching Practices course (ACUE-Certified Faculty) as they share insights from the 25 modules they completed over several months. They implemented, reimagined, and extended evidence-based teaching practices to support their teaching, learning and student success at U of T. This Series invites participants to hear from these instructors: their reflections upon what they have learned, and practical examples and tips informed by evidence-based strategies. Facilitators will engage in discussions on sharing these approaches into one’s current practice.
 
Even with clear learning goals, designing courses that fit outcomes and assignments that help students see the connections amongst key course concepts is challenging. Concept mapping is a valuable tool for designing courses and for helping students deepen their understanding of key course concepts and recognize the connections among these as they navigate a course.  
 
This workshop presents an example of how a concept map assignment from a human biology course helped students understand the connections amongst key course concepts and skills. The workshop then guides participants from across the disciplines in creating a concept map for one of their own courses, which they can use to plan assessments and other learning activities.

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