Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Certificate in Introductory Course Praxis, participants will be able to:

• Make informed decisions about introductory course teaching grounded in course-level data.
• Design introductory course structures, policies, and learning sequences that are transparent, accessible, and responsive to student needs and knowledge gaps.
• Implement teaching strategies that foster active learning, self-regulation, belonging, and psychological safety in introductory course contexts.
• Design assessment and feedback practices that support learning progression, provide actionable guidance, and enable early identification of student struggle.
• Align course design, teaching, and assessment into a coherent, intentionally sequenced introductory course experience.
• Sustain a practice of iterative, evidence-informed course refinement across successive course offerings.