TCHG (TEACHING) 6530 - Fall
SYLLABUS
Course Title: Strategies for Empowering Students to Become Active, Responsible Learners
(Prerequisite: Completion of an On Course I Workshop)
Course Description: This course focuses on practical strategies for empowering college and university students to become active, responsible learners. Participants in this course learn a variety of highly effective learner-centered methods that not only appeal to various learning preferences but also motivate students to take charge of their own learning. These methods are drawn from best practices in psychology, education, business, sports, and personal effectiveness.This course is appropriate for college faculty from all academic disciplines, instructors of college success courses, counselors, student affairs staff, TRIO personnel, and administrators seeking strategies for improving student academic success and retention. (3 Graduate Credits)
Course Objectives:Students in this course will…
A. Learn and implement proven strategies for empowering students to become active, responsible learners who are self-motivated, self-managing, interdependent, self-aware, emotionally intelligent, and self-confident.
B. Learn and implement effective learner-centered strategies.
C. Write articles presenting the learner-centered strategies they implement, with assessments of the outcomes and experiences of each.
D. Critique posted articles by classmates, evaluating the effectiveness of their implementation of learner-centered educational strategies.
E. Submit articles for possible publication in the On Course e-Newsletter, an Internet publication with more than 250,000 subscribers from colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and around the world.
CourseAssignments:Successful students in this course will…
Possible Points / Course AssignmentsAttend an On Course I Workshop in its entirety (21 hours). Recommended: Attend the 3-hour optional evening session. Dates and locations for all On Course Workshops are posted at
Write and submit to your instructor a Schedule of Personally Chosen Deadlines for your ten Journal Entries and three Articles. All assignments must be completed by the end of the semester.
Write and post on your personal class home page a PersonalIntroduction.
100 / Write and submit to the instructorten journal entries chosen by the student from Journals 1-15from On Course: Strategies for Success in College and in Life, most recent edition. (10 points each).
100 / Following the format provided by the instructor, write and submit an Article*about the implementation of a learner-centered strategy from an On Course resource (i.e., On Course I Workshop, On Course text, On Course Facilitator’s Guide, or On Course Web Site).
100 / Following the format provided by the instructor, write and submit an Article*about the implementation of a learner-centered strategy from a source OTHER THAN an On Course resource; that is, a strategy the student learned from any source other than On Course or one the student designs him/herself.
100 / Following the format provided by the instructor, write and submit an Article*about the implementation of a learner-centered strategy found in either an On Course resource or any other source.
100 / Write and post on the course DISCUSSION BOARD constructiveFeedback regarding Articles posted by Success Team members,following the feedback guidelines provided by the instructor.
500 / Total Possible Points
*The instructor may publish appropriate articles in the On Course e-Newsletter, a free Internet publication with 250,000 subscribers and/or post them on the On Course website. Submission of articles in the course shall constitute the author’s permission to publish/post articles. Ownership of articles shall be retained by the authors.
Final Grades Are Determined as Follows:
A = 460 - 500 points / B- = 400 - 409 points / D = Not givenA- = 450 - 459 points / C+ = 390 - 399 points / F = Course requirements not met
B+ = 440 - 449 points / C = 360 - 389points
B = 410 - 439 points / C- = 350 - 359points
Required Text:
Downing, Skip. On Course: Strategies for Success in College and in Life (most recent edition of the Study Skills Plus edition). Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
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