Move Toward Modules Find a colleague who could also teach some course you teach. Agree to split the course in some manner (half and half, alternating weeks, what have you). Then, each of you offer a half-semester module on some elective topic (one of which might be a shortened version of what the other person would have taught).

  • Shorter time can track with reducing focus on "coverage"
  • Our students might be less intellectually winded by a 7 week course.
    • Students get less far behind.
    • Cost of choosing wrong course or wrong instructor is reduced.
    • Predict fewer disappearing/burnt out student casualties (empirical question: we can study this).
  • More variety.
  • In the split course, if split as module A, module B the pedagogy can be built around two stages of consolidation for a final evaluation so that second half of course depends on demonstrated intermediate mastery.
  • Dropping a module might not affect financial aid the say dropping a course does.
  • It might be more fun as an instructor to teach different topics.
  • Expands the repertoire a program can offer.
  • More room for experimentation.

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