Course Design Workshop 2025
A highly interactive synchronous online workshop in three sessions
Wednesdays, June 4, 11, and 18, 2025, from 9 am - 11:30 am Pacific | 10 am - 12:30 pm Mountain | 11 am - 1:30 pm Central | 12 - 2:30 pm Eastern
Overview
Are you developing a new course or revising a course you have taught before? This workshop will help you use backwards design to generate assessments and instructional activities that meet both content and skills-based objectives. This highly interactive, synchronous online workshop will provide time for you to build foundational knowledge of best practices for course design, share strategies and exchange ideas with colleagues, to work independently on developing your course, and provide and receive feedback from peers.
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Who Should Participate
Our workshop is for faculty at any stage in their career who are planning to develop a new course or redesign a course to modify the content, method of delivery, audience, or pedagogy. You should participate if you are interested in a synchronous, highly interactive workshop in which you will get to know and learn from your colleagues.
Consider registering if you want to:
- Start developing a new course or are updating an existing course
- Collaborate with geoscience colleagues from other institutions
- Incorporate student-centered teaching strategies
- Receive help and feedback on design of effective assessments
- Share your expertise and experience with colleagues
Dates and Details
The workshop will be held over Zoom on Wednesdays, June 4, 11, and 18, 2025, from 9 am - 11:30 am PT | 10 am - 12:30 pm MT | 11 am - 1:30 pm CT | 12 - 2:30 pm ET
Registration deadline: Wednesday, May 28th, 2025
- NAGT member: $120
- Non-member: $175
Workshop Leaders
Dr. Plenge has taught Earth Science to K12 students, pre-service K12 teachers, and both undergraduate and graduate students during her 20 years in the field of science education. At UNC, she teaches a "Principles and Methods of Teaching Earth Science" course to undergraduate and graduate students who intend to pursue careers in science education. As director of the Triple-I Program at UNC, Megan has been designing and delivering course development workshops for faculty focusing on co-teaching and large-enrollment course instruction.
Dr. Fredrick has taught Geology and Hydrology for 20 years at the university level, the last 18 at Pennsylvania Western University. He has led the Geology program at PW – California Campus since his arrival and navigated curriculum development from department level to individual courses. Since 2013, Dr. Fredrick has been the Editor of the Teach the Earth Activity Collection and led the annual review process to maintain the collection of over 6000 activities.
Staff
Holly Kelchner, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College