Learning Design

2 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course is designed as an elective for graduate students in Medical Center MS and PhD programs and is also offered to the Master’s in Learning Design Program (enrollment requires permission of the faculty). It will focus on learning design and educational technology for teaching in the sciences, through a combination of seminar and studio classroom sessions designed to provide hands-on, team-based experience in learning design. Students will gain experience in the use of learning management systems, audience response technology, blogging and discussion boards, hybrid learning and flipped classroom strategies, as well as other methodologies and platforms. In the studio portion of the course, groups of students will employ these methods and platforms to design a short course. They will also work toward articulating their personal teaching philosophies and establishing a teaching portfolio. Each student must have a laptop or tablet capable of running Canvas and other resources.