Pathways for University Courses

A Flexible Alternative to a Traditional Course Text

"In Pathways, every teacher learns that they are a literacy teacher."  Dale Allender, San Francisco State University

Are you considering adopting a new course text but no one text does it all and you certainly can’t ask your students to purchase multiple texts?  Would you like the flexibility in your syllabus that only digital access can provide?  Pathways might be just the solution you are looking for.

Currently Pathways is being used in the following University courses:

• Literacy across the content areas
  Watch this short video about how one instructor is using Pathways with his content literacy course.
• Instructional technology
• New literacies
• English methods
  See sample syllabus

For just $95 (no more than the average textbook), students gain access for one full year to resources such as:

• Instructors Share Their Thoughts About Pathways

  “Because Pathways provides me with access to the most recent materials out there, I’m able to model for students how to use information that comes out instantaneously for instruction.”
  
  

  “If we’re advocating differentiated instruction and multiple intelligences as a foundation to good teaching and learning, then how can we use just a textbook?   The multimodal resources in Pathways allow for differentiating instruction so more auditory/visual learners can delve into content through different intelligences, for the same cost as a textbook."

  “My students enjoy watching & hearing veteran teachers talk about practice in the Webinars. It helps them feel less intimidated when they start teaching to know veteran teachers are still grappling with practice and still trying to figure it out.”

  Full text access to key NCTE journal articles and book chapters without going through an additional permissions process 
• Videos of classroom instruction from across the disciplines
• Podcasts from literacy experts in the field

• Sample Lesson plans
• Entire library of On demand web seminar events  

*Course instructors receive complimentary access to Pathways for the duration of their course.

Customize Pathways to Meet Your Course Goals

Pathways allows you to customize your course with a private discussion forum and file library where you can upload your syllabus as well as additional resources and handouts.  (Note that the instructor bears the responsibility of securing permission for any copyrighted materials.) Everything your students need in one place--from posting assignments, sharing reflections, experiences, and ideas, and uploading lesson plans. 

Hear one instructor's story about how he has used the file library to customize Pathways with resources on African American Vernacular English to meet the needs of his Literacy Across Content Areas course!

• Pathways for Advancing Adolescent Literacy

• Pathways for 21st Century Literacies

Ready to register your class in Pathways?  Download Enrollment Information today!

Interested but want to learn more?  Contact us at pathways@ncte.org to request a tour of Pathways.  During the tour you will get a first hand look at the kinds of learning experiences and resources offered in Pathways. Following the tour we will provide a guest log-in so you can explore the resources in more depth.