imaginative teaching and learning

Are you ever stumped for ways to get students involved in learning? Try your course syllabus for a starter. Barbi Honeycutt, Ph. D., suggests that teachers add though-provoking questions to each objective in their syllabus.

Instead of waiting for assignments later in the term, begin with questions at the beginning - with the class syllabus. Use these to assess students' knowledge and behaviors. Questions may begin with, "What are . . . ?" To personalize foe behaviors use terms like, " How do you . . . ?"

Write discussion questions for each learning outcome and see if you can't get students involved from the get go.  

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/instructional-design/a-syllabus-tip-embed-big-questions/?utm_source=cheetah&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2012.04.16%20-%20Faculty%20Focus%20Update