Abstract
This study provides insight into how highly rated instructors approached teaching compressed summer session courses, and offers a set of best practices that others might use when teaching in similar settings. Top-rated instructors indicated differences in the way they taught compressed-format summer session courses, with respect to course planning, classroom instruction, student assessment, and interaction with students. The study is of value to continuing educators, as universities are increasingly challenged to think about flexible delivery models, including teaching and learning in compressed formats.
Highlights
The topic of teaching in compressed formats has long been of interest to those involved in summer sessions, because of the need to ensure the quality of courses taught in this way
The literature on teaching compressed-format courses is not extensive, but most of what has been reported supports the notion that the quality of the teaching/learning experience is comparable to when the same subject matter is taught in a longer format, when the instructional quality is high
This study provides insight into how highly rated instructors approached teaching compressed summer session courses, and how their approaches differed from those used in full-length sessions
Summary
The topic of teaching in compressed formats has long been of interest to those involved in summer sessions, because of the need to ensure the quality of courses taught in this way. This study provides insight into how highly rated instructors approached teaching compressed summer session courses, and how their approaches differed from those used in full-length sessions. Based on these insights, a set of best practices was developed for teaching compressed-format courses. The study is of value to continuing educators, as universities are increasingly challenged to think about flexible delivery models, including teaching and learning in compressedformat courses. Taking a critical look at compressed courses taught in summer session is important to those who offer compressed-format courses in the summer term— often continuing education units—and to universities more broadly
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