Daily Archives: January 30, 2026

“Hard” isn’t Always Rigorous: Rethinking Course Design

When faculty are tasked with designing their courses, they are often starting from scratch. In addition to creating the learning outcomes, they have to source the materials, design course activities and assessments, and develop course policies. While they are doing all of this, a question that is top of mind is: “Is this rigorous enough?” or “Are my standards high enough?” Continue reading