6 weeks before class:

• Draft your learning objectives: http://wiki.ubc.ca/Learning_Objectives#Online_Resources
• Check for copyright compliance: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright
• Learn about your students: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/yourstudents.html
• How students learn: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/principles/learning.html

4 weeks before class:

• Preparing syllabus: http://wiki.ubc.ca/Syllabus_Design_%28Teaching_and_Learning%29
• Confirm assessment methods: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/assesslearning/index.html
• Investigate educational technologies to enrich your course: https://sites.google.com/a/nyit.edu/edtechtools/

2 weeks before class:

• Lesson planning: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/teach/instructionalstrtegies/index.html
• Working with first year students: http://learningcommons.ubc.ca/faculty-resources/

Day 1/Week 1:

• Class climate: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/teach/learningenvironment.html
• First day of class: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/teach/firstday.html
• Learning Toolkits: http://learningcommons.ubc.ca/student-toolkits/

To follow up on any of these ideas, please contact me at fglazer@nyit.edu. This Weekly Teaching Note was adapted from a contribution to the Teaching and Learning Writing Consortium sponsored by Western Kentucky University.

Contributor:
Judy C. K. Chan, PhD
Educational Developer
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
The University of British Columbia
www.ctlt.ubc.ca