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Quality curriculum planning is key to enhancing student learning experience and success. But how can institutions achieve this while there is too much to be checked on the to-do list? Teaching templates emerge as the game-changing method to help faculties reduce workload, save time, and achieve better outcomes.
In this blog, we explore the benefits and how institutions can minimize faculties’ workload and maximize positive results by utilizing FeedbackFruits Templates.
Lisa Fink, a passionate Curriculum Developer and Author of the Thinktank blog emphasized the great advantage of using teaching templates:
Using a template allows teachers to ditch the textbook, save time and reduce stress, as it eliminates the need to start from scratch when creating a lesson plan.
Understanding the many benefits that templates can bring, FeedbackFruits introduces the Libraries feature, allowing educators to create, save, and then scale templates of learning activities, rubrics, and learning journeys and, at the same time share, discover, and reuse templates created by others.
These templates are accessible via the FeedbackFruits Libraries and the Learning Design Community, a collaborative space where educators can share and adopt best practices.
Read more about FeedbackFruits Learning Design Community.
By leveraging FeedbackFruits Libraries, educators can streamline their course design processes, ensuring they deliver high-quality education without the extensive time commitment typically required.Read more about the feature in our Help Center.
Developing and utilizing templates presents a multitude of benefits.
Creating a comprehensive course or a detailed activity from scratch can be incredibly time-consuming. Templates provide a ready-made structure that educators can quickly adapt to their specific needs, saving valuable time that can be redirected to other critical teaching tasks. Furthermore, technology adoption is also easier with templates, as they help lower the barrier for faculty members when starting with a new teaching tool.
Templates ensure that the courses and activities adhere to high-quality standards. By using tried-and-tested templates, educators can maintain a consistent level of quality across different courses and learning activities, enhancing the overall learning experience for students.
Templates make it easier to scale educational programs. Whether teaching a small class or a large cohort, educators can efficiently replicate successful teaching strategies and activities across multiple sections or courses.
Despite their structured nature, templates are highly customizable. Educators can modify them to fit their specific teaching styles, course objectives, and student needs, ensuring a personalized learning experience.
The collaborative aspect of templates, especially within the FeedbackFruits Learning Design Community, allows educators to share their successful templates with peers. Not only does this foster a community of practice but it also encourages the continuous improvement of teaching strategies.
With templates, instructors can easily create personalized learning activities that address students’ diverse learning needs while still ensuring all the lesson’s elements are covered. By spending less time on lesson development, instructors can have more time to focus on supporting the students.
Make sure to give each of your templates a unique name so you and your colleagues can easily recognize it.
With FeedbackFruits Libraries, you can easily add notes in the form of text or video to inform your colleagues of what the goal of the activity is and how they can customize it.
Avoid adding too many components to a template (whether it is a rubric, learning activity, or learning journey), as this can make it difficult to manage, reuse, and take more time to plan.
Save your successful lesson plans as an individual My Library, as a Shared Library to share across your department, or as an Institution Library for use across the entire institution.
You can diversify the types of templates you use. Integrate different learning activities and rubrics within a learning journey, or combine different learning journeys to create a rich and varied educational experience that stimulates skills development and lifelong learning. This variety will keep students engaged and cater to diverse learning styles.
Incorporate feedback loops within your templates to continuously improve the learning experience. Use our Feedback and Assessment Solutions to incorporate multi-layer feedback (self, peer, group feedback) to generate insights from students and make necessary adjustments. Adding a self-reflection step at the end of the activity for students to critically evaluate their performance is also an effective way to collect students’ feedback.
Regularly assess the effectiveness of the templates you use. Reflect on what worked well and what could be improved. This ongoing evaluation will help you refine your approach and ensure that your teaching methods continue to evolve and improve.
Every faculty member needs to receive sufficient support to utilize templates effectively. Provide support and resources to help your colleagues integrate templates into their teaching practices smoothly. FeedbackFruits works closely with institutions to provide instant support via workshops, training videos, help articles, and more.
The world of education is constantly evolving, and new teaching strategies and tools are continually being developed. FeedbackFruits Learning Design Community is where you can find innovative, evidence-based templates created and shared by the FeedbackFruits Pedagogy Team and our partner institutions worldwide.
Engage actively with the FeedbackFruits Learning Design Community. Explore the shared templates, participate in discussions, and collaborate with other educators. This community is a rich resource for innovative teaching ideas and best practices.
Templates have proven to be an invaluable resource for higher education faculties seeking to save time and enhance the quality of their teaching.
By offering customizable, high-quality templates that can be easily adapted and shared, FeedbackFruits empowers educators to create consistent and engaging learning experiences without the required extensive time commitment. By integrating these templates into your teaching strategies, faculties can significantly reduce workload, enhance student engagement, and achieve better educational outcomes.
Explore the possibilities with FeedbackFruits Templates and take your teaching to new heights by visiting the Learning Design Community or scheduling a meeting with our team members.
Read more about the feature in our Help Center.
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