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Thank you for joining me in this course about reviewing and improving your course that you’re teaching. I hope you found the hands on activities and advice useful and if there’s three things to keep in mind, it’s one, remember to bring your continuous improvement mindset to this activity. Two, remember to not just rely on student feedback but be able to triangulate with multiple data points. And three, create and maintain your change in action logs so that over time, you understand the course experience in your courses passed and how you wanna use that to keep moving forward. There’s plenty of opportunity for discussion on these topics, so make sure to get involved with the discussions below and above and always make sure to use your colleagues for these discussions as well. Best of luck to you and all of the improvements that you take on.
Thank you for joining me in this hands-on course for reviewing and improving the course experience for your students. As you continue teaching your course and others remember to:
- Use a continuous improvement approach to reviewing and improving your course
- Triangulate multiple data points to understand students’ experiences in your course
- Create and maintain a change log that is both practical and aspirational
Thank you for taking this ‘How to Review and Improve your Course for a Better Student Experience’ course which has been developed with Dawn Marie Gilmore. We hope you have enjoyed it. Remember to mark all the lessons as ‘Mark Complete’ to earn your Course Completion Badge.
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Discussions
What key message did you get from this course that you plan to share with your colleagues?
Please share your thoughts and questions in the comments section below.