Curriculum Commons

The Curriculum Commons provides sessions for faculty members, instructors, administration, and support staff related to advancement of curriculum – especially as part of the Queen’s University Quality Assurance Process (QUQAP) and the Cyclical Program Review (CPR) Self-Study process.

2 women working at a computerNavigating Curriculum Mapping

Facilitator: Nevena Martinović, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Date and Time: Thurs, Nov 14th, 9:30am – 11am
Location:  Ellis 333

This session will inform participants about curriculum mapping and how it can be used in developing academic programs and courses. Curriculum mapping is a process that helps units identify the progression of student learning and ensure that students are meeting program outcomes in a strategic, supported way.

4 people working at a dry erase boardAligning Learning Outcomes with Assessment

Facilitator: Nevena Martinović, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Date and Time: Tues, Jan 14th, 9:30am – 11am
Location:  Ellis 319

By the end of this session, participants will be equipped to devise strategies for documenting and highlighting the ways in which assessment of learning serves to affirm program goals. Working at the course level? This session will encourage thinking on course design as connected to program outcomes.  

Articulating and Innovating Program-Level and Course-Level Learning Outcomes

Facilitator: Nevena Martinović, and Yunyi Chen, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Date and Time: Wed Oct 9th, 9:30am – 11am
Location:  Ellis 333

What knowledge, skills, and values do students demonstrate as graduates of your program? By the end of this session, participants will be equipped to devise/revise program level learning outcomes to effectively communicate the value of the program to external reviewers, current, and prospective students. Working at the course level? This session will apply similar thinking at the course level.