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Save time and maximize faculty success with FeedbackFruits templates

Nhi Nguyen
Rebecca LeBoeuf
Rebecca LeBoeuf
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June 11, 2024
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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.

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Create and Scale Templates in FeedbackFruits Libraries

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.

What can you do with FeedbackFruits Libraries:

  • Create Standardized Template Libraries: Generate activity, rubric, and learning journey templates and save them as individual or institutional libraries.
  • Read more about learning journeys.
FeedbackFruits Tool Picker
FeedbackFruits Tool Picker interface with options to create Shared, Institutional Library or access Learning Design Community

  • Easily customize and scale the templates: The templates can be easily copied and modified to suit specific course requirements and students’ learning needs.
  • Share Templates with Colleagues: You can share your templates with colleagues, your entire department, and educators from outside of your institution with just one click.
Easily share created templates with colleagues and the entire department
Easily share created templates with colleagues and the entire department

  • Share and Discover Tried-and-Tested Templates: Explore, reuse, and share evidence-based templates created and contributed by educators worldwide.

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.

The Benefits of Using Templates in Teaching

Developing and utilizing templates presents a multitude of benefits.

1. Time Efficiency

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.

2. Consistency and Quality

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.

3. Scalability and Customizability

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.

5. Collaboration and Sharing

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.

6. Personalize Learning and Inclusive Teaching

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.

8 Best Tips to Use FeedbackFruits Templates to Maximize Faculty Success

1. Pay attention to Naming

Make sure to give each of your templates a unique name so you and your colleagues can easily recognize it.

Screenshot of template in My Library
Give your template a clear and unique name

2. Add Notes to Templates

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.

Screenshot of adding notes to learning templates
Add notes with description to help educators better use the templates

3. Keep it Simple and Straightforward

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.

4. Organize Templates into Shared Libraries

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.

Screenshot of institution library
Create an Institution Library to share templates across the entire institution

5. Utilize a Variety of Activity and Rubric Templates

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.

6. Encourage Student Feedback

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.

7. Assess and Reflect

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.

8. Train and Support Your Team

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.

9. Leverage Community of Practices

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.

Scaling Best Practices in Education with Templates

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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