{"id":345,"date":"2023-11-10T10:15:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/?post_type=front-matter&#038;p=345"},"modified":"2024-06-26T21:22:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T01:22:44","slug":"how-to-use-this-guide","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/front-matter\/how-to-use-this-guide\/","title":{"raw":"How to use this guide","rendered":"How to use this guide"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3391\" src=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2889\" height=\"18\" \/>\r\n\r\n<b>Don't start all at once! <\/b>\r\n\r\nThe document took us more than two years to develop and three years to revise, evolving through following feedback from readers and new developments in research and teaching.\r\n\r\n<b>Here are a few ways we suggest you use this guide:<\/b>\r\n<div class=\"web-only\"><details><summary>Look through the Table of Contents<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Identify<\/b> one or two areas that are more urgent or pressing for your teaching. Focus on those areas first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/details><details><summary>Map a Plan<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Plan<\/b> your reading by mapping out when you'd like to read through different sections.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For example, reading a new section each time you build or revise your syllabus for an upcoming semester.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/details><details><summary>Experiment<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You are not required to read the whole document or use all the prompts. Use these resources as anchors or starting places to help you continue your experimentation and learning in your teaching.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/details><details><summary>Read as a Group<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You may want to read through sections of this guide with colleagues, friends, your department, students, or peers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/details><details><summary>Repurpose<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Use materials in this document to develop your own department's best\/better practices guides using the CC BY-SA license.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/details><details><summary>Workshop<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Plan workshops in your departments or program using sections of this guide as anchors to help build workshop curriculum; you can even invite specialists and hire skilled facilitators to help you through this process. You can also contact the author of this guidebook to inquire about available workshops.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/details><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--accordion-export\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Look through the Table of Contents<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\n<b>Identify<\/b> one or two areas that are more urgent or pressing for your teaching. Focus on those areas first.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--accordion-export\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Map a Plan<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\n<b>Plan<\/b> your reading by mapping out when you'd like to read through different sections.\r\n\r\nFor example, reading a new section each time you build or revise your syllabus for an upcoming semester.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--accordion-export\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Experiment<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nYou are not required to read the whole document or use all the prompts. Use these resources as anchors or starting places to help you continue your experimentation and learning in your teaching.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--accordion-export\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Read as a Group<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nYou may want to read through sections of this guide with colleagues, friends, your department, students, or peers.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--accordion-export\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Repurpose<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nUse materials in this document to develop your own department's best\/better practices guides using the CC BY-SA license.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--accordion-export\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Workshop<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nPlan workshops in your departments or program using sections of this guide as anchors to help build workshop curriculum; you can even invite specialists and hire skilled facilitators to help you through this process. You can also contact the author of this guidebook to inquire about available workshops.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h1>Need help getting started?<\/h1>\r\nIf you are struggling with where to begin, we have included Self-Assessment Quizzes at the beginning of each section with scenarios related to its content. These scenarios can be used as navigational tools to review your knowledge, help you identify best practices, and engage with the material introduced in each section.\r\n\r\nThese scenarios appear within Pressbooks as H5P content. However, we have also included <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/chapter\/scenarios\/\">printable versions of each scenario from the Self-Assessment Quizzes<\/a> in the Appendix. These scenarios can be used as prompts for workshops and discussions. Feel free to use and adapt them as needed.\r\n\r\n<hr role=\"none\" \/>","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3391\" src=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2889\" height=\"18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3.png 2889w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3-300x2.png 300w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3-1024x6.png 1024w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3-768x5.png 768w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3-1536x10.png 1536w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3-2048x13.png 2048w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3-65x1.png 65w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3-225x1.png 225w, https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/teachingresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/Cleaner-Section-Headers-3-350x2.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2889px) 100vw, 2889px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Don&#8217;t start all at once! <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The document took us more than two years to develop and three years to revise, evolving through following feedback from readers and new developments in research and teaching.<\/p>\n<p><b>Here are a few ways we suggest you use this guide:<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"web-only\">\n<details>\n<summary>Look through the Table of Contents<\/summary>\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Identify<\/b> one or two areas that are more urgent or pressing for your teaching. Focus on those areas first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Map a Plan<\/summary>\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Plan<\/b> your reading by mapping out when you&#8217;d like to read through different sections.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For example, reading a new section each time you build or revise your syllabus for an upcoming semester.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Experiment<\/summary>\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You are not required to read the whole document or use all the prompts. Use these resources as anchors or starting places to help you continue your experimentation and learning in your teaching.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Read as a Group<\/summary>\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You may want to read through sections of this guide with colleagues, friends, your department, students, or peers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Repurpose<\/summary>\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Use materials in this document to develop your own department&#8217;s best\/better practices guides using the CC BY-SA license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Workshop<\/summary>\n<div class=\"collapsed\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Plan workshops in your departments or program using sections of this guide as anchors to help build workshop curriculum; you can even invite specialists and hire skilled facilitators to help you through this process. You can also contact the author of this guidebook to inquire about available workshops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--accordion-export\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Look through the Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p><b>Identify<\/b> one or two areas that are more urgent or pressing for your teaching. Focus on those areas first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--accordion-export\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Map a Plan<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p><b>Plan<\/b> your reading by mapping out when you&#8217;d like to read through different sections.<\/p>\n<p>For example, reading a new section each time you build or revise your syllabus for an upcoming semester.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--accordion-export\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Experiment<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>You are not required to read the whole document or use all the prompts. 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