#AnnotatedSyllabus

As one extension of my research about social annotation and learning, I advocate that educators create, share, and facilitate an annotated syllabus with their students.

Blog Posts:

Annotate Your Syllabus [Aug 15, 2018]

Annotate Your Syllabus 2.0 [Dec 19, 2018]

Annotate Your Syllabus 3.0 [July 16, 2020]

Additional Resources:

“Annotate the Syllabus” | Equity Unbound & OneHE

“Remi Kalir” [discussion about #AnnotatedSyllabus starts at 30:00] | Gettin’ Air: The Open Pedagogy Podcast

Featured in Small teaching online: Applying learning science in online classes [see pages 173-175]

Testimonials via #AnnotatedSyllabus on Twitter:

I will never stop doing a syllabus annotation.

At #digped I revisited @remikalir 's syllabus annotation activity and implemented it this fall. Essentially, the syllabus is a Google Doc and they each have to add 2 comments – questions, excitement, concern, confusion.
— Jessica Chung (@ItsJChung) September 12, 2020

I’ve done this for the past two years and it has substantively impacted the way I plan to teach, they way I teach, and the way I reflect on my teaching. Most importantly, it has provided connection to my students in ways that are meaningful and impactful #annotatedsyllabus https://t.co/7VfCsWp5mP
— Merinda Kaye Hensley (@mhensle1) September 12, 2020

The benefits of #AnnotatedSyllabus are invaluable. I've eliminated one assignment, revised others. Students also appreciate being viewed as participants who have a stake in the course rather than as hostages to a contract. And then they say things like this: 1/3
— Dr. Rebecca S. Bravard (@BravardDr) September 5, 2020

Thanks to @remikalir once more for the idea of syllabus annotation to start the school year. It is my third year of group annotation with my high school students @MoravianAcademy , and it is an extremely valuable activity– for all of us! pic.twitter.com/GxZDWYlpLw
— Shakespeare Monkey (@ShakespeareMonk) September 8, 2020

For my Learning Theory class, I had my students join @F1000, then I added my syllabus. I asked students to annotate the syllabus, commenting on what they had questions on, what they needed clarified, etc. 213 notes later (all the highlighted sections in the video)… pic.twitter.com/UOnieLTtwF
— Lisa Lundgren, PhD (she/her) (@LisaLundgren21) September 2, 2020

for ungrading or any other new approach you are taking with the syllabus, putting the syllabus in a discussion space like @hypothes_is is a great way to bring the syllabus to life; I've booked Remi's latest #AnnotatedSyllabus post for #UngradingSlowChat today; thanks, @remikalir! https://t.co/gOnXe7hmVY
— Laura Gibbs (@OnlineCrsLady) August 4, 2020