The Course Redesign Initiative (CRI) was intended to support Rollins College faculty in creating and implementing a redesign/design of a specific course of their choosing. These redesigns will combine pedagogy and complementary instructional models to create compelling learning environments for Rollins students. It is offered once a year each May.
Participants should leave the CRI with:
- An understanding of what it means to apply backward design, align course goals, objective, and assessments, and begin constructing a course using that approach.
- An understanding of the terms: deep and surface approaches to learning, critical thinking, and adaptive expertise.
- An understanding of technology tools available to them and how they can be used to engage students.
- An ability to identify the paradigms that their students are likely to bring to their class that they will want their students to challenge.
Source: Taken from the Instructional Design and Technology Blog’s Course Redesign Initiative page.