This session, from folks at the Univ of Cincinnati, was certainly the most entertaining of the day. The presenters talked about some basic ideas that could inform instructional design that would promote universal design (addressed by QM standard 8). Here are my notes from the session:
Visual structure - wherever possible
Take stuff out of paragraphs
Turn into bullets or lists.
Help them to visualize the info
Use design to reduce fear and anxiety
Use rubrics
Built in redundancies - put the same info in several places to make it easy to find
Model schedule for students to know how to move through the course
One pager on how to be successful in the course
Learning guide (aka to do list)
Multiple opportunities to revise
Clear info on when feedback will come
Induce ease, not strain
Tolerance for error
More low takes assessments
Let students try things without worrying about failure
We look for patterns
Use same words for same tuff
Identify things (include the word "link" after links - especially helpful in Canvas)
How do we respond to accusations of "spoon feeding"? Making it easier for students to learn is a good thing. Go back to cognitive load argument, so student mental energy goes into learning.
Idea - use canvas videos for syllabus tour
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