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Be Our Valentine: Course Design Series Starts Feb. 11

Have a Love Affair with Your Course!

Love your course, but want to take your relationship to the next level? Do you think that a little extra T.L.C. will make your heart grow fonder? Join the MCC Center for Teaching & Learning for our Course Design Series. This 3 part series focuses on the best practices in course design pedagogy. Take this opportunity to participate in a highly engaging and collegial process of mapping and aligning your course and building informative assessments linked to your learning objectives! Sessions begin Tuesday, February 11. See the full schedule below! Course building teams welcome!

Register through HRMS (Time & Labor System)
Registration Instructions

Having Trouble? Call us at (480) 461-7331 and we will register you.

Part 1: Curriculum Mapping & Lesson Design

Session Description: In this session, you will design a curriculum map based on the most relevant concepts related to your course and competencies to build thematic units. Using this map, you will create a unit alignment by writing measurable learning objectives that connect your course materials and assessments to the course competencies.

Available Session Dates: (Select from one of the following)
Tuesday, February 11, 3:30pm – 6:30pm
COURSE #001760, Session #0007 Register through HRMS

Friday, February 14, 9:00am – 12 noon

COURSE #001760, Session #0008 Register through HRMS

Part 2: Building a Conceptual Framework

Session Description: In this session, you will build a Conceptual Framework based on the most relevant concepts related to your course and competencies to build course modules. Using this framework, you will create a module aligning your measurable learning objectives to your course materials, assignments and assessments.

Available Session Dates: (Select from one of the following)
Friday, February 21, 8:30am – 12:30pm
COURSE #001976, Session #0005 Register through HRMS

Tuesday & Thursday, February 25 & 27, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
(Split Session, attend both evenings)

COURSE #001976, Session #0004 Register through HRMS

Part 3: Outcome-Based Learning & Informative Assessment

Session Description: Participants will be able to connect the three main functions of formative assessment (including Classroom Assessment Techniques) with instruction. You will be provided the opportunity to identify and/or create formative assessments, that are clearly aligned to lesson objectives, to check for understanding, adjust or refine instruction and give appropriate feedback to students. This process is student-centered and will promote the development of metacognitive skills for learners.

Available Session Dates: (Select from one of the following)
Tuesday, March 25, 3:30pm – 6:30pm
COURSE #001762, Session #0006 Register through HRMS

Friday, March 28, 9:30am – 12:30pm

COURSE #001762, Session #0007 Register through HRMS

*Note: 6 participants are required for this session to run. Participants will be notified 24 hours prior to a session (via email) if a session is to be canceled.


Questions? Call the CTL (480) 461-7331.
Visit the CTL Calendarctl.mesacc.edu/events/calendar for all upcoming learning sessions and activities.