Teaching and Learning Resources

The University of Oklahoma has some excellence articles on Course Design including:

• A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning
  Discusses good course design and steps through the process of course design.

Since an estimated 12.5% of Canadians have a disability, we have included links to help design courses that are more accessible.

• Universal Instructional Design (UID) From the Univeristy of Guelph.
  Practical ways to make learning more accessible to all students while designing your course.

• For a quick, one-page checklist, try the Course Design Tip Sheet from Harvard's Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
• The Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Ohio State University has a very useful and comprehensive site on Course Preparation.

 

Tips from the McMaster Community

Sometimes it seems my students have been either bored or frustrated by being given yet another course outline at the start of the term