In my workshop, I discussed some ways to think about a syllabus: A syllabus is an invitation. A syllabus is an intellectual provocation. A syllabus is an articulation of your teaching philosophy. A syllabus is an expression of care. A syllabus is a promise but is *not* a contract.
Our team held three workshops this week to help instructors get ready for classes next week. Here's our ICYMI (with resources)! @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/umcetl/p...
CETL hosted three workshops for instructors in the week before classes started. Here are some highlights.
...I'll be honest, I'm more upset about a broken promise than a broken contract.
I would LOVE if a university supported syllabuses that did those things! (I try, but the 9tons of boilerplate would sink Tinkerbell herself)
Alas, my institution explicitly declares that is, indeed, the last of those things.
If only the "policies" part and the "learning contract" part of the syllabus could be separate things