Sample Syllabus Statement for Students

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Achieving the Dream (ATD) in partnership with Every Learner Everywhere® agosto 2019

Topic: Digital Learning & Courseware Student and Faculty Experience

Role: Faculty Instructional designer

Institution: 2-Year Institutions 4-Year Institutions

Writing your syllabus and stuck on how to introduce the adaptive courseware component of your upcoming course to students? Consider using this sample syllabus statement as a foundation and mold it to match your course-level, subject, and the course experience you aim to create for students. Use this language in a syllabus, on an instructional page in your LMS, and/or simply an email you send to students before your course.

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Recommended citation:

Adams, S. (2019, August 19) Sample Syllabus Statement for Students. Every Learner Everywhere®.

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