Courses that Promote Significant Learning

This webpage contains descriptions of courses that have successfully promoted significant student learning, so that others can learn how to do this more effectively in our own teaching.

There are two sets of course descriptions available here:

I. Courses Referred to in the Book

• Chapter 5 of Creating Significant Learning Experiences contains references to 21 courses described in the general literature on college teaching. This link contains descriptions of those courses: the kinds of learning they promoted, the special and creative course design ideas illustrated, and the reference for the published description of each course.
• Even though these teachers created their courses prior to the publication of this book, the courses nonetheless illustrate the value of the course design ideas advocated in the book.

II. New Course Descriptions

• We also want to collect descriptions of additional courses that have been intentionally designed to promote significant learning.
• If you have a course that was successful in promoting significant learning, we urge you to send in a description of it so others can benefit and learn from what you have done.
• As we receive such course descriptions, we will post them here.

  To Submit Course Descriptions to be Posted on this Website:

• Use the following template to describe your courses. This identifies the key topics that should be addressed.
• Email your course description to Dee Fink at: dfink@ou.edu.