Course Design Corner

References

• UC Davis Center for Educational Effectiveness (n.d.). Equitable syllabus design series.
• Center for Urban Education (2017). Syllabus review guide for equity-minded practice.
• Zanotti, L. (2020). The inclusive syllabus project. Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence and ADVANCE working paper series 3(2), 115-126. 
• Palmer, M., Bach, D., & Streifer, A. (2014). Measuring the promise: A learning-focused syllabus rubric. To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, 33(1), 14-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/tia.17063888.0033.103
• University of Virginia (n.d.). Learning-focused syllabus rubric. 
• Ahadi, H.S., & Guerrero, L.A. (2020). Decolonizing your syllabus, an anti-racist guide for your college. Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. 
• Lang, J. (2006). The promising syllabus. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 

Additional Resources

• SMCCCD Microcourse: Reimagining the Syllabus. Enroll here.
• Learn more about the Liquid syllabus. (Michelle Pacansky-Brock)
• Podcast episodes from the Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast:
  • Toward cruelty-free syllabi (Matthew Cheney, Assistant Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, Plymouth State University). Listen to the episode.
  • Annotating the marginal syllabus (Remi Kalir, Assistant Professor of Learning Design & Technology, University of Colorado Denver). Listen to the episode. 
• Inclusion by design: Survey your syllabus and course design. (Worksheet developed by Ed. Brantmeier, Andreas Broscheid, & Carl S. Moore). Access the worksheet.