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The Graphic Syllabus and the Outcomes Map: Communicating Your Course
The Graphic Syllabus and the Outcomes Map: Communicating Your Course
Linda B. Nilson
ISBN: 978-0-470-18085-3
©2008
200 pages
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Description
This book shows college instructors how to communicate their course organization to students in a graphic syllabus (a one-page diagram, flowchart, or concept map of the topical organization) and an outcomes map (a one-page flowchart of the sequence of student learning objectives and outcomes from the foundational through the mediating to the ultimate). It also documents the positive impact that graphics have  on student learning, particularly when used in conjunction with a traditional text syllabus. It is written to be highly practical. and is filled with examples and samples of good graphic syllabi from a variety of disciplines and courses. Readers are also cautioned about common errors in designing graphic syllabi.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Limits of a Text Syllabus

How and Why Graphics Enhance Learning

Designing a Graphics Syllabus

Charting an Outcomes Map

How Graphics Benefit Syllabi for Inspiration

Appendix: More Model Graphic Syllabi for Inspiration

Appendix: Computer Software for Graphic Syllabi and Outcomes Maps

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