Deepening Your Understanding: Resources on Course Syllabus Design
To further your understanding of the roles and work of the LPD, check out the practical and scholarly resources below.
Practical Resources
Graphic Organizers
- Chrome extensions
Infographic Tools for Visual Syllabus Design
Graphic Syllabi
- Composition
- Liquid syllabus
- Would a course syllabus be better as an infographic?
- Turning your syllabus into an infographic
UDL
Undergraduate Syllabus Templates
Scholarly Resources
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Macedo, D. (2019).Decolonizing foreign language education: The misteaching of English and other colonial languages.Routledge.
Nilson, L. (2007).The graphic syllabus and the outcomes map: Communicating your course.Jossey-Bass.
Paesani, K., (2017). Redesigning an introductory language program: A backward design approach.L2 Journal, 9(1), 1-20.
Richards, J. C. (2013). Curriculum approaches in language teaching: Forward, central, and backward design.RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 44(1), 5-33.
Robinson, P. (2013). Syllabus design. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics(pp.5495-5498). Blackwell Publishing Ltd.http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1135
Rosen, L., & Grovergrys, K. (2021). The power of media-based syllabi: If only students knew what the syllabus said.FLTMAG.https://fltmag.com/media-based-syllabi/?fbclid=IwAR11GQe6r4wMcgw0M9Iq_C8tErxXWwcafNISXk8mYjjQq5QPxJ6jLzUr8IM
Tobin, T., & Behling, K. (2018).Reach everyone, teach everyone: Universal Design for Learning in higher education.West Virginia University Press.
Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2005).Understanding by design (2nd ed.).Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.
Module References
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CAST (2018).Universal Design for Learning Guidelines(version 2.2).http://udlguidelines.cast.org
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