Class schedule

16 weeks, including spring break

The weekly topics, readings, in-class activities, and assignments below follow the supplied class schedule. Readings remain in the week where they are listed, including preparation for a later week.

The class schedule includes spring break in Week 8. The syllabus’s covered-topics table omits that break; both source sequences have been preserved.

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Weekly class schedule
Week	Topics	Readings	In-class activities	Assignments
Week 1	Welcome and Motivation	Week 2 Readings: Learning Theories / Theory of Multimedia Learning	—	Your Future Teaching Assignment
Week 2	Learning Theories Theory of Multimedia Learning	Week 3 Readings: Program and Algorithm Visualizations	Learning Theories Theory of MM Learning	—
Week 3	Algorithm and Program Visualizations	Week 4 Readings: Gamification and Game-based Learning	Algorithm and Program Visualizations	Visualizations in CS Education
Week 4	Gamification Game-based Learning	Week 5 Readings: Flipped Classroom and Active Learning	—	—
Week 5	Flipped Classroom Active Learning	—	Active Learning	Integrating Active Learning Practices
Week 6	Teaching Demos (1) Teaching Demos (2)	—	—	Midterm Teaching Demo
Week 7	Teaching Demos (3) Teaching Demos (4)	Week 9 Readings: Defining ILOs / Student Motivation	—	—
Week 8	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
Week 9	Course Design: Student Motivation Course Design: Defining Intended Learning Outcomes	Week 10 Readings: Assessment Design and Grading / Writing the Syllabus	Student Motivation Intended Learning Outcomes	Defining Intended Learning Outcomes
Week 10	Course Design: Assessment Design and Grading Course Design: Writing the Syllabus	Week 11 Readings: Teaching with Technology / Generative AI	—	Designing and Grading Assignments
Week 11	Course Design: Teaching with Technology Course Design: Using Generative AI	Week 12 Readings: Academic Misconduct / Experiential Learning	Teaching with Technology Activity	Creating the Course's Syllabus
Week 12	Experiential Learning (Guest Speaker) Academic Integrity and Honor Code Violations	Week 13 Readings: Pedagogical Evaluation / Designing Evaluation Instruments	—	—
Week 13	Pedagogical Evaluation Designing Evaluation Instruments	Week 14 Readings: Writing the Cover Letter, Teaching Statement, and Research Statement	—	Pedagogical Evaluation Study
Week 14	Applying for a CS academic Job	—	—	Writing the cover letter, teaching statement, and research statement
Week 15	Faculty Job Presentation (1) Faculty Job Presentation (2)	—	—	Faculty Job Talk Presentation
Week 16	Faculty Job Presentation (3) Faculty Job Presentation (4)	—	—	—