Module to teach professors how to use PowerPoint as a means to wrap course content around learning goals.

1. Organize Documents and Assignments Around Learning Issues and Goals PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors

2. Contents Module X: <Title of Module> Teaching-Learning Principles Sample Organizer Additional Examples and Possibilities Exploration and Practice Tools and Templates Supporting Essay Online Resources and Bibliography

3. Teaching & Learning Principles To increase student engagement and promote deeper understanding of course material, organize course documents and assignments around learning issues and goals.

4. An Interactive Syllabus for PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors Using an interactive syllabus to increase student understanding of course related material.

8. PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors Constructing the Interactive Syllabus This interactive syllabus is one example of using a content organizer for a course. Read the instructions to the left under Instructions and Job Aids for tips on how to create an interactive syllabus. Read the information to the right, above Templates & Tools for information about the Syllabus Evaluation Rubric. Your existing curriculum can fit well in this format. You already have a course schedule, reading assignments, student assignments, quizzes and exams. The interactive syllabus is a way to organize your course materials in a way that is readily accessible by students. Links to readings and assignments are included, providing students access to course materials, a preview of lecture materials, and access to assignments. In addition, you can incorporate supplemental readings and resources, which encourages students to broaden their understanding of the course content at their own pace, according to their own learning style. On the first day of class, orient your students to the interactive syllabus. Explain to students how the course material is organized, show them where reading assignments, class assignments and other course related materials are accessed. Identify which readings are required and which resources are optional. Revisit the interactive syllabus during the semester, to point out which lecture notes should be printed out prior to attending class, or to highlight key due dates. The interactive syllabus correlates to the SDSU Center for Teaching and Learning, Syllabus Evaluation Rubric. Using this format can help satisfy characteristics #4, 6, 12 and 15 on the Rubric. Click on the document below to view the Syllabus Evaluation Rubric. Remembering and Forgetting Link to Slide# Choosing Fonts x.X Link to Slide# Using Graphics Online Kennis.org Link to Slide# Background Colors Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Readings x.X x.X Module # Online Training for PowerPoint Organization and Store Microsoft Clip Art Online Navigation and Incorporation Town-hall Link to resource Questioning Slide Layout Techniques with Expository Presentations PowerPoint Techniques Strategies for Engagement and Inquiry Microsoft Clip Organizer Tutorial Working with Images Integrating Existing Text & Graphics Additional Resources Main Themes Lesson Name

10. PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors Constructing the Syllabus Link to readings Link to Slide# Experiment Based Lesson Experiments Using PPT for the Experiment Based Lesson PPT for Worked Examples Worked Examples PPT and POE POE Method Main Themes Link to Slide# More About POE Link to Slide# Sample Video Link Link to Slide# Antecedents & Predictions Link to readings Link to Slide# Demonstrations Link to Slide# Additional Resources Readings Lesson Name Module #

11. PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors Constructing the Syllabus Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Link to Slide# Readings Learning Themes Sequential Outline Timing Using TPS TPS Technique Guidelines & Directions for Group Activity PPT for TPS Beyond TPS Forming Groups Grouping Timing & Management of Learning Activities Help Students Navigate Resources Student Goals Organizing Documents & Assignments Around Learning Issues & Goals Additional Resources Main Themes Lesson Name Module #

12. Constructing an Interactive Syllabus Remember that the key features of an interactive syllabus include: Course content organized by date Main themes for each lecture / lesson Links to readings and assignments Links to additional resources

19. Additional Example # 1: PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors; Organizing Around Learning Themes PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors Course Learning Themes Improve Student Learning Improve Student Motivation Improve Student Engagement

20. Additional Example # 1: PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors; Organizing Around Learning Themes Course modules are organized according to learning theme. In this example there are three main themes that connect the lessons in the course. Each module name in the table below could hyperlink to existing course materials, similar to the interactive syllabus. On the first day of class, orient students to the organizational structure of your course. Identify each learning theme and explain how and why each theme is important. Show students which lessons connect to each learning theme, and outline the course sequence for them. By focusing student attention on key learning themes in your course, students will gain a deeper understanding of the material, and recognize how lessons in your course are interconnected. Organizing course content around learning themes can be incorporated into your course syllabus, which correlates to the SDSU Center for Teaching and Learning, Syllabus Evaluation Rubric. Using this format can help satisfy characteristics #5 and 6 on the Rubric. Click on the document below to view the Syllabus Evaluation Rubric. # X, Experiments # X, Demonstrations # X, Timing & Management of Learning Activities #X, Demonstrations # X, Antecedents & Predictions # X, Antecedents & Predictions # X, Web-based audio and video # X, Frame-based animation # X, Content Builds and Progressive Revelation # X, Integrating Existing Graphics # X, Strategies for Engagement and Inquiry # X, Strategies for Engagement and Inquiry # X, Strategies for Engagement and Inquiry #x, Techniques with Expository Presentations Improve Student Motivation # X, Timing & Management of Learning Activities # X, Guidelines and Directions for Group Activities Related Modules Improve Student Engagement Improve Student Learning Learning Theme

21. Additional Example # 1: PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors; Organizing Around Learning Themes Revisiting learning themes over the course of the semester is a form of spaced learning. Module # Module # Module # Module # Module # Module # Module # Module # Class Date Guidelines and Directions for Group Activities Experiments Demonstrations Antecedents & Predictions Frame-based animation Integrating Existing Graphics Strategies for Engagement and Inquiry Techniques with Expository Presentations Improve Student Learning Link to Slide # Link to Slide # Link to Slide # Link to Slide # Link to Slide # Link to Slide # Link to Slide # Link to Slide # Related Modules Readings Learning Theme

26. Additional Example #2: PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors; Organizing Around Goals University Professors’ Course Related Goals Save Time Developing Course Materials Create PowerPoint Presentations That are Better Learning Tools Incorporate Student Interaction In Lecture Based Classes

28. Additional Example #2: PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors; Organizing Around Goals Organize Documents / Assignments Around Learning Themes & Goals Timing and Management of Learning Activities Experiments Helping Students Navigate Resources Worked Examples Guidelines and Directions for Group Activity Frame-based animation Web-based Audio and Video Antecedents & Precedents Content Builds and Progressive Revelation Strategies for Engagement and Inquiry Techniques with Expository Presentations Integrating Existing Text & Graphics Related Modules Incorporate Student Interaction In Lecture Based Classes Create PowerPoint Presentations That are Better Learning Tools Save Time Developing Course Materials Course-Related Goal

29. Additional Example #2: PowerPoint Pedagogy for Professors; Organizing Around Goals Link to Slide # Module # Helping Students Navigate Resources Link to Slide # Module # Web-based Audio and Video Link to Slide # Module # Integrating Existing Text & Graphics Related Modules Readings Class Date Save Time Developing Course Materials Course-Related Goal

30. Exploration & Practice Practice Building an Interactive Syllabus

32. Tools & Templates Three templates: 1. Organizing an Interactive Syllabus 2. Organizing Course Content According to Learning Theme 3. Organizing Course Content According to Student Goals

33. Interactive Syllabus Template Additional Resources Readings Main Theme Class Title Class Date

34. Organizing Course Content Around Learning Themes Overview Template Course Name Learning Theme #1 Learning Theme #2 Learning Theme #3 Learning Theme #4

35. Organizing Course Content Around Learning Themes Course Template Related Lesson Theme #4 Theme #3 Theme #2 Theme #1 Learning Theme

36. Organizing Around Student Goals Overview Template Name of Course Student Goal #1 Student Goal #2 Student Goal #3

37. Organizing Around Student Goals Course Template Related Lesson Goal #3 Goal #2 Goal #1 Student Goal

38. Supporting Essay Perspectives of Organizing Course Content: Relationship to Student Achievement

49. Online Resources & Bibliography