Application

To apply for a Learner-Centered Design designation, the College of Sciences faculty member should:

• Identify at least 13 or more of the best practices found here that you commit to follow in your syllabus.
• There must be at least one best practice from each section.
• An annotated syllabus is required.
  • Within the course syllabus, highlight and identify each best practice (e.g., “III.B.”) and how it is being implemented. These best practices must be explicitly stated in the syllabus.
    • Example: If you are implementing the practice:
      • “No single item in the class (assignment or test) will be worth more than 20% of the final grade.”, please highlight the section of the syllabus that outlines how much each assignment is worth and label it as “III.B.”.
      • “Students will not be required to speak or present in-person or in virtual environments.”, please highlight the section of the syllabus that explicitly states this class practice and label it as “III.C.”.
  • Feel free to include additional narrative within your syllabus using the comments feature of Word or PDF.
• Supporting documents are strongly encouraged.
  • If you will be implementing practices that cannot be highlighted in the syllabus, please include additional documentation explaining how these practices will be implemented and how students will explicitly know that this practice is allowed.
    • Example: If you are implementing the practice:
      • “The instructor will spend 5 min on the first day of class (in-person or online) presenting different learning strategies and encourage students to communicate their needs to the instructor.”, please provide a narrative referencing “III.A.” and let us know what resource you would use to prepare this discussion or outline how you would lead the discussion.
  • Feel free to also include screenshots of Webcourses module pages, assignments, rubrics or other information that supports your learner-centered design approaches.

Faculty members who have a course approved for a Learner-Centered Design designation will be provided a digital emblem to add to their Webcourse and syllabus, as well as a narrative statement to include as a component in Simple Syllabus. The attribute code LCDSGN. will be added to their course section in the UCF Schedule of Classes.

Courses that have been approved for the Learner-Centered Design designation will be renewed after five years. Renewal assumes that the course is taught in the same mode by the same faculty member.