Course Development at Wentworth Institute LIT successfully launched it’s first Course Development at Wentworth Institute June 6th-8th, 2017! Eleven faculty and staff journeyed through an intensive hands-on process to create a course map using a backward course design model that aligns objectives with assessments tools, assignments, and course delivery methods. Charlie Wiseman, co-chair of the Institute Curriculum […]
Continue reading →This Fall 2017 semester the Learning Innovation and Technology group is conducting a comprehensive assessment of the overall video needs at Wentworth. To begin the process, we sent faculty and staff an email and link requesting your participation in our anonymous video needs survey. Your responses to this survey will help us evaluate the effectiveness of our existing […]
Continue reading →What is your role as engineering faculty? What steps do you take to ensure your students achieve your course outcomes? And oh, by the way, what are outcomes… Creating a course to achieve specific outcomes requires effort in three domains: (Felder and Brent, 2003) Identifying course content and defining measurable learning objectives Selecting and implementing methods […]
Continue reading →One of the best teaching strategies used by professors in higher education is creating student groups. But, have you noticed that when your students are put into groups, they haven’t a clue on how to interact and work together. It’s like watching a group of teenagers talking all at once. So, let’s discuss a formal […]
Continue reading →Looking to strengthen students’ ability to apply theory to real world situations?Need more in-class time to teach students how to problem solve? Want students to say: “flip this content”? Prof. Anthony Duva has flipped select course content for several years and totally flipped his Design of Machine Elements course content since 2016. Students can resist this non-tradition approach […]
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