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TC Designing a Course Syllabus

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Apr 23, 2025 from 02:00 to 06:00 (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)

Where

SR 126 (GCSC)

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The syllabus forms the basis of each seminar, serves as a reference for the entire semester and is curiously awaited by students on the first day of the semester. However, syllabus design is more than just distributing the "material" to the sessions: clear and structured syllabi make a significant contribution to the success of your course and have a positive effect on motivation and learning success.

In this workshop we will cover some basics and strategies for an effective, meaningful design of your syllabus. The following questions are in the focus:

  • How do I define the overall topic, individual session topics as well as teaching and learning goals for my seminar? 
  • How do I plan the course of the seminar, and which phases are involved? 
  • How do I structure the teaching / learning sequences? 
  • How do I find the 'right' or appropriate methods?

After a some thematic input and joint introduction to the topic, we will work on your own seminar plans as examples in a second, practically oriented work phase. Please bring them to the event or upload it to StudIP in advance!

// apl. Prof. Dr. Michael Basseler is apl. professor at the English department of JLU and the academic manager of the GCSC.

Many offerings of the Teaching Centre can be credited as working units in the basic certificate “Kompetenz für professionelle Hochschullehre” (Competencies for Professional University Teaching) of the Hochschuldidaktisches Netzwerk Mittelhessen (HDM). For further information, please contact the HDM directly.

A related course on  “Designing a Course Session” will be held by Prof. Claudia Hattendorff on May 5th, 2025.

Please register on Stud.IP to participate in this course.

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Die Anmeldefrist endet zwei Wochen vor dem Workshoptermin. Falls sich zu wenige Teilnehmer_innen angemeldet haben, muss der Workshop verschoben werden. Das GCSC setzt sich natürlich frühzeitig mit Ihnen in Verbindung, um Sie über den Stand der Anmeldungen zu informieren.