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Too explicit? No such thing.
[social_share/] [social-bio] Following on Heather’s post last week about the key (and required) elements of the syllabus at the University of Sasaktchewan, I wanted to add a point of emphasis that I think saves time, saves confusion, and may even save you some heartache. That point is: be explicit with your students about your expectations. Sometimes, as instructors, we may forget that we too had to learn about academic expectations and norms. If we were lucky, we caught on quickly, probably in our first or second years of undergraduate study. Our new students (new to our disciplines, our institution, our jargon, our everyday language, our Saskatchewan and/or Canadian…
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Syllabus Requirements Updated in Academic Courses Policy
[social_share/] [social-bio] There were a number of changes to the Academic Courses policy at the University of Saskatchewan this year, including several related to the syllabus. As such, I want to take this opportunity to remind our readers at the U of S about what must be in your syllabus regardless of your college or department, which may have additional requirements. All of the information shown below is included in the syllabus template and guide that can be found on our web site. You are not required to use the template, but it can be handy to use as a checklist for your own syllabus. It also contains additional information…
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Teaching Goals, the Learning Charter, and the Fall Fortnight
[social_share/] [social-bio] It’s hard to believe, as we sit on a 30+ day, that the fall term is coming up fast! It is even warm in my office today as I write. (And for those of you who have stopped by on other days and needed to put on a jacket, you know how hot it must be out there to warm it up in here!!) At the Centre we have been busy planning for the start of the fall turn and, as always, our guiding star is the University of Saskatchewan’s Learning Charter. It reminds us of our responsibilities and commitments to the university community. There are specific commitments…