With the Winter term drawing to a hectic close, it may be difficult to even think about the next academic year.
As the Cool Tools article touches on, we are forced to take care of more things "on the go" and optimize the time in-between what we have to get done.
It is good, however, to come up for air every once in a while and let your mind play with new teaching ideas and possibilities.
The Spring edition of the Learning and Teaching Newsletter aims to provide fodder for your future curriculum development and course planning activities.
It highlights developments to come (Essential Employability Skills, small updates to Blackboard), and professional development to look forward to (Kaleidoscope 2007). It also explores the use of audio-visuals in the classroom and podcasts for learning.
Learning Space is a new photo essay feature that visually captures the evolving learning environment at Algonquin College.
We hope that, during your "in-between" moments, you'll return to this newsletter and browse an article here and there.
Have an invigourating Spring. 
Feature Article
EES-ing On Down the Road: Tips for Updating Course Outlines
Incorporating Essential Employability Skills (EES) into course outlines does not need to be a bumpy road. Devon Galway's article provides sound tips for "EES"ing your way through course outline revisions.
Each issue of the Learning and Teaching Newsletter will take as its theme one competency from the Professor of the 21st Century document, endorsed by the College Academic Council in April, 2004.
The Professor of the 21st Century designs and develops effective curriculum.
The professor
- Identifies a curriculum planning process
- Uses principles of curriculum design to develop courses
- Contributes to program planning and review
- Develops a coherent curriculum plan that ensures a match between expected learning outcomes, needs, interests and abilities of the learners’ learning activities, learning resources and the evaluation plan
