“Building Better Courses Together”: Insights from Lindsey Lewandowski Robinson and Amy Janiczek
Lindsey Lewandowski Robinson, Senior Learning Experience Designer at the Learning and Teaching Hub, and Amy Janiczek, Manager, Design and Development at Western Governors University (former Learning and Teaching Hub team member), recently co-authored Building Better Courses Together. In the article, they explore how a Course Coordinator Cohort Model can strengthen collaboration, improve consistency, and elevate course quality across multi-section programs.
Engineering faculty often teach in multi-section environments where alignment, consistency, and quality can be difficult to sustain over time. In their March 26, 2026 OLC Insights article, “Building Better Courses Together,” Lindsey Lewandowski Robinson and Amy Janiczek describe a Course Coordinator Cohort Model that addresses this challenge through intentional collaboration across instructors.
The model centers on a shared Digital Foundation for essential course assets, ongoing faculty collaboration, and structured coordination that still respects instructor autonomy. This approach helps faculty teams ensure consistency across sections, reduce repetitive redesign work, improve on-boarding for new instructors, and make more informed course updates based on student performance patterns.
For programs focused on student success at scale, the cohort model offers a practical path from isolated course maintenance to coordinated, evidence-informed design.
Read the full article here.