Using Self-Review for Continuous Improvement of Your Teaching Track
The goal of this track is to introduce faculty to two resources for self-review of their courses and teaching--the Quality Matters rubric for evaluating and guiding course design, and the UMUC Expectations documents--that can be utilized for the improvement of their own courses.
With the assistance of Chris Sax and others from CTL and CSI trained in Quality Matters, faculty will evaluate their own classes based on the QM design principles. Using these in conjunction with the UMUC Expectations documents, they will arrive at a plan for improving the design and interaction in their classes. As part of their practice, faculty will give feedback to their colleagues and evaluate a sample class. Faculty will work in small groups, based on their discipline and teaching delivery method.
Objectives for this track:
- Identify strong/weak points in teaching style and course design.
- Identify strategies for improvement in teaching style and course design.
- Articulate areas of best instructional practices as they relate to the Expectation Documents, discipline, and course.
- Develop a plan to implement improvements in your course.