Human Centered Syllabus Design: Positioning Our Students As Expert End-Users

Keywords

charter documents; genre ecology; Human-centered design; syllabus design

Abstract

This study examines how the layout of syllabi in first-year writing courses can aid or obscure content that is key to student success. Understanding the function of a syllabus as a charter document in a genre ecology helps to underscore the importance of the syllabus as a regulatory document that can have a significant impact for students. This study makes the case for considering students as expert end-users that have valuable knowledge useful to composition programs interested in redesigning first-year writing course syllabi using a human-centered design approach.

Publication Date

9-1-2018

Publication Title

Computers and Composition

Volume

49

Number of Pages

25-35

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2018.05.002

Socpus ID

85048955762 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85048955762

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