Creating Syllabi. We’ve written quite a lot at ProfHacker about syllabus and course design. Check out 2010’s Archives post or the many posts tagged with syllabus or syllabi. This roundup of posts focuses on the basics of syllabus creation. What Do You Need to Do? In a previous Archives post on Syllabi and Course Design, I said Keep in mind, the first rule of productivity is “don’t fix what’s already working.” If you’re satisfied with the assignments, policies, and course plans you’ve used before, then there’s no need to do a big remodel. But if your syllabus needs a serious overhaul, I wrote about doing an Extreme Makeover.The collaborative group post 11 Fast Syllabus Hacks offers great tips on including contact information, ISBNs, campus services information, and academic regulations in your syllabus. Jason reflects on Setting expectations in the syllabus and on the first day.
What’s Required? Logistics Design What syllabus-related topics would you like to see us cover in upcoming weeks? Return to Top. Acatar. Marie-Pierre Huguet RPI. Biography: Marie-Pierre Huguet received her Ph. D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University at Albany. A former teacher, she is an instructional designer who, for the past 18 years, has been designing face-to-face, print, computer-based, and Web-based instruction or training for educational institutions and corporations, in Europe and the USA. Throughout her career as an instructional designer, she has been delivering numerous presentations, workshops, seminars, and tutorials on a wide variety of instructional design issues. In 2001, Marie-Pierre joined Rensselaer's Course Development team. In this capacity, she serves as project leader for course support of distributed education courses, and consultant to faculty on issues of technology integration, blended learning,and instructional design.
Curriculum Vita : Professional Accomplishments: Instructional Design | Publications | Presentations | Conferences Instructional Design: back to top Publications: Powerful Learning Practice. E-learning techniques.