Teaching Fundamentals for New College Instructors

There are fundamental concepts any teacher can learn to create great teaching and learning. Yet, many faculty enter the classroom as experts in their discipline but with little knowledge of pedagogy.

Teaching Fundamentals for New College Instructors is geared towards newer university-level teachers and presents five fundamentals for effective teaching, regardless of background or discipline, including:

• Efficient and effective course design,
• Meaningful student participation in learning,
• Engaging teaching methods,
• Clear and fair assessments,
• and connecting with students.

You’ll finish this 20-25 hour Magna Online Course empowered to create and deliver an effective course in your formative university teaching years that both helps students succeed and also yields more positive student evaluations.

This asynchronous course also features transcripts, note-taking guides, supplementary materials, and regular assessments to enhance your learning, as well as a certificate of completion at the end of the course.

While you chose teaching because of your love of (and expertise in) your discipline, many educators haven’t received thorough guidance in pedagogy, course design, effective delivery, or even how to help students succeed. Get the five fundamentals that every teacher needs for success! Make Teaching Fundamentals for New College Instructors your comprehensive guide to college teaching today!

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Learning Goals

After completing Teaching Fundamentals for New College Instructors, you’ll be able to:

• Understand four curriculum ideologies and five learning theories and their differences
• Write your philosophy of teaching and learning
• Analyze effective types and qualities of good learning outcomes and determine appropriate assessments of learning outcomes
• Implement five keys to organize your course: alignment, order, clarity, logic, and consistency
• Learn 12 principles for resonance, relevance, and remembrance of your class presentations
• Plan five go-to activities in any lecture setting
• Determine effective approaches for blended-learning videos
• Understand how fair assessment centers on being clear, outcome-based, balanced, and varied
• Demonstrate how to incorporate peer-to-peer feedback for formative and summative assessments

Who Will Benefit From This Course:

• Faculty
• Educational Developers

Group Enrollment:

Discount pricing is available for multiple seats purchased at the same time.
For 10 or more seats, please contact Magna Sales at sales@magnapubs.com or call 800-433-0499 ext. 183 to receive a customized quote.

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The course enrollment will expire one year from date of purchase.

Product Code: PO21WA