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Preparing or Revising a Course
Barbara Gross Davis, University of California, Berkeley

From the hard copy book Tools for Teaching. The article looks at the general strategies, course structure, administrative tasks in developing and revising a course.

http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/prepare.html

This paper examines how a professor revised her entire course using the same kind of systematic critical reflection that she applies to her research.

http://ctl.stanford.edu/teach/NTLF/v10n4/revision.htm

This article looks at the impact of changing technology and its impact on courses and course development. The author has been teaching with technology since 1994, adapting and revising her course as a result of upgrades to software and and course management systems at her university.

http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1034

Other useful sites:

Evaluating CSCL - Theorists' & Users' Perspectives

Teaching Models

Contact is produced by the Office of the Associate Provost, Learning Technologies, University of Ontario Institute of Technology.