Episode 163: The Online Syllabus: “A Welcome Mat for the Course”

TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin invite “fun with syllabi” by exploring the multiple roles played by the syllabus in online courses and encouraging adjustments to make syllabi more meaningful and inviting for students.

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Coffee Links

• Single-Origin Burundi Kurusah from Sunergos Coffee (Louisville, KY)

Content Links

• Publisher’s Site: The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education

• Social Media Artifact: One Example of the Syllabus “Easter Egg” of Instructions to Find Cash [from Dr. Conner Ewing]
• Related Entries from the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR)
  • “Use Three-Before-Me as a Communication Strategy in a Large Class”
  • “Incorporate a Syllabus Quiz to Orient Students”
• Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s Guidance for Creating a “Liquid Syllabus”
• Prior TOPcast Episodes
  • #155: “High Quality Online Discussions – Here’s How”
  • #160: “‘Remember the Why:’ Designing Meaningful Learning Assignments”

Just-For-Fun Pop Culture Links

• [video: 30 sec] Wile E. Coyote Painting an Exit (from Warner Brothers, not Hanna-Barbera)

Extra Special Feature

• Video Version of This Episode!