Table 1. Description of the class sessions in the College and University Teaching course
Topic
Session #1: Understanding How
Students Learn
Session #2: Facilitating Student
Motivation
Session #3: Creating Active Learning
Environments Part I (Lectures and
Group Work)
Session #4: Creating Active Learning
Environments Part II (Discussions,
Case Studies, and Problem-Based
Learning)
Session #5: Designing Assessments
and Creating Grading Rubrics
Description
How learners organize information, models of
human memory, reasons why learners forget
information
Theories of motivation, research on motivation,
applications of motivation theories to teaching and
learning
Description of active learning strategies, delivering
effective lectures, structuring and assessing group
projects
Eliciting effective participation in class discussions,
managing problematic discussions, assessing class
discussions, how to teach using case studies and
problem-based learning
Formative and summative assessment, creating
measurable learning objectives that are aligned with
assessments, creating grading rubrics, effective
grading
Session #6: Promoting Academic
Integrity
Reasons for academic misconduct, preventing and
dealing with academic misconduct
Session #7: Handling Problematic
Student Behavior
Reasons for problematic student behavior,
preventing and dealing with problematic student
behavior
Session #8: Responding to Student
Diversity
Inclusive teaching strategies, the impact of
classroom climate on learning
Session #9: Designing Courses and
Syllabi
Designing a course (e.g., backward design,
integrated course design), writing a syllabus (e.g.,
learning objectives, policies, the role of the syllabus
in the classroom)
Session #10: Creating Teaching
Philosophies
The purpose and function of a teaching philosophy,
strategies for writing a philosophy, evaluating
teaching philosophies
Session #11: Microteaching
A 5-7 min. lesson on an introductory topic in the
student’s field