ACUE's Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses

Applications are no longer being accepted for this program. Please fill out our Interest List to be notified of future ACUE program opportunities.

This is a fully online, asynchronous program (with a 90 minute synchronous orientation session in mid March) that runs from March to May. Faculty learners have the flexibility to complete each module at days and times that fit their schedules including an early start option before spring break. Participants will spend 2 to 3 hours each week engaging with module content, participating in virtual discussions, implementing new practices, and completing reflection assignments.

Faculty eligibility criteria include:

• those able to protect roughly 3 hours per week
• comfortable using Canvas as a learner
• must be employed at CSUN and teaching a course in which they can implement new strategies
• faculty at all ranks (tenure-track and lecturers) and experience level (novice and senior level faculty) are welcome to apply
• this course is for motivated faculty who are open to joining an iterative and collaborative process of taking their teaching to the next level

Funding of $200 will be available to faculty who complete the program.

This microcredential program will deliver tools and resources to design more learner-centered courses with aligned assessments, assignments, and learning experiences that offer students clarity around what they are learning and how they will be assessed through the following six modules:

• Ensuring Learner-Centered Course Outcomes
• Designing Aligned Assessments and Assignments
• Aligning Learning Experiences with Course Outcomes
• Creating Equity with Checklists and Rubrics
• Developing Equitable Grading Practices
• Preparing an Inclusive Syllabus

Completing this course is one step toward becoming certified in ACUE's Effective Teaching Practice Framework, endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE). Educators who complete the requirements for this program earn a microcredential in “Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses” This microcredential may be utilized in meeting partial requirements necessary to earn the American Council on Education (ACE) endorsed Certificate in Effective College Instruction.

Hundreds of faculty at CSUN have completed ACUE microcredential and credential programs. The majority say being involved in these programs is beneficial and believe the programs have positively impacted their teaching. Sample comments by CSUN faculty include:

• There is no question that the ACUE course has significantly improved my teaching and student outcomes.
• ACUE presents the information in very translatable fashion so it was easy to quickly operationalize the pedagogical tips/tricks/insights.
• Exceptional quality program with practical knowledge that can be immediately implemented into the classroom.

Applications are no longer being accepted for this program. Please fill out our Interest List to be notified of future ACUE program opportunities.

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