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Scholarship March 29, 2017

The Graphic Syllabus and the Outcomes Map: Communicating Your Course

The Wabash Center

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Author
Nilson, Linda B.
Publisher
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
ISBN
9780470180853
Book Review Link
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9647.2009.00538.x/abstract
Table of Contents
About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments

ch. 1 The Limits of a Text Syllabus
ch. 2 How and Why Graphics Enhance Learning
ch. 3 Designing a Graphic Syllabus
ch. 4 Charting an Outcomes Map
ch. 5 How Graphics Benefit Course Organization

Appendix A. More Model Graphic Syllabi for Inspiration
Appendix B. Computer Software for Graphic Syllabi and Outcomes Maps

Bibliography
Index
This book shows college instructors how to communicate their course organization to students in a graphic syllabus—a one-page diagram, flowchart, or concept map of the topical organization—and an outcomes map—a one-page flowchart of the sequence of student learning objectives and outcomes from the foundational through the mediating to the ultimate. It also documents the positive impact that graphics have on student learning and cautions readers about common errors in designing graphic syllabi. (From the Publisher)