“Guidelines for Teaching in Time-Shortened, Intensive, or Summer School Settings”

This guide is designed to support academic staff at the University of Canterbury teaching in time-shortened settings. The process of transitioning standard semester-length courses to intensive or summer school formats requires more than the compression of lectures and teaching and learning resources. The following guidelines have been developed following an extensive review of the most recent research literature with respect to course compression. Subsequent to a brief summary of the benefits of course compression, we will address five main areas. These are:
1. approaches to teaching,
2. course design,
3. the classroom setting,
4. the blended/online environment, and
5. assessment.
For each area we highlight relevant issues and what staff can do to address those in the context of their own teaching.