course mapping

I recently received a request on Instagram to write a blog post about concept maps. While I often touch on concept mapping in my workshops and writing, I’ve never dedicated an entire blog post to unpacking why this strategy is so valuable for meaning-making. In this blog, I’ll highlight the value of concept maps, explore […]

Jennifer M. Harrison and Vickey Rey Williams are the authors of the book A Guide to Curriculum Mapping: Creating a Collaborative, Transformative, and Learner-Centered Curriculum, published by Routledge in late 2023. Jennifer is the associate director for assessment at the Faculty Development Center at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (or UMBC), and Vickie is a senior lecturer in education at UMBC.In their book and in our conversation, they share the ways that a curriculum map can take the learning design principles we often use at the course level and apply them to the design of an entire program. The goal is to make the program more learner-centered by mapping learning outcomes against both curricular and co-curricular learning opportunities. That, in turn, can help convince all kinds of stakeholders, from students to parents to politicians, of the value colleges and universities place on teaching and learning.Episode ResourcesA Guide to Curriculum Mapping: Creating a Collaborative, Transformative, and Learner-Centered Curriculumby Jennifer M. Harrison and Vickie Rey Williams, https://amzn.to/44SdZhC Faculty Development Center, University of Maryland Baltimore County, https://calt.umbc.edu/ Transparent Teaching with Mary-Ann Winkelmes, Intentional Teaching Ep. 5, https://intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com/2069949/11997464-transparent-teaching-with-mary-ann-winkelmes “American Value Good Teaching. Do Colleges?” by Beth McMurtrie, https://www.chronicle.com/article/americans-value-good-teaching-do-colleges?sra=true

A good course map helps instructors align the course goals with the assignments, assessments and activities created for the course and ensure that...

The Online Course Mapping Guide is a walk-through of the course mapping process. This site is designed to help you build a vision and a map for your course. The guided exercises in this site will help you identify course competencies and create learning outcomes that provide a foundation for your course map.

Course maps help keep your online course focused on what’s most important. Click here to learn how to create and use course maps to strengthen your course.