CDIL professional development programs prepare Woods College faculty to design and teach effective online courses by focusing on clear syllabus planning and practical Canvas site development.
Woods Online Course Development (WOCD)
The Woods Online Course Development professional development program is designed for instructors teaching graduate courses at Woods College. They will typically be required to take this course at the early stages of working one-on-one with a Learning Designer who will partner with them in the course development process.
The primary goal of the WOCD course is to help faculty write a complete syllabus that fulfills the pedagogical expectations Woods College has for digital learning. Instructors will specifically have the opportunity to develop their ability to write effective learning outcomes and align their content and assessment strategies to help students achieve these outcomes in a digital context.
WDCDT (Woods Undergrad)
This professional development course prepares instructors to design and teach an effective online or hybrid digital undergraduate course at Boston College’s Woods College of Advancing Studies (WCAS).
With the support of the Center for Digital Innovation in Learning at Boston College, this course guides faculty in the primary deliverables that Woods College expects of faculty during the development of their course:
- A complete syllabus that fulfills the pedagogical expectations Woods College has for digital learning.
- A Canvas site that meets the quality standards and style guide for Woods courses, with the aid of Canvas site templates.
Along the way, instructors will have the opportunity to experiment with new types of content or assignments, practice the principles of effective digital course design, and gain new skills that will improve the digital learning experience for themselves and their students.