{"id":1084,"date":"2020-01-22T04:46:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T04:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2020-01-22T04:46:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T04:46:20","slug":"how-to-design-a-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/how-to-design-a-course\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Design A Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article includes tips on designing and building a course.<\/p>\n

Allow enough time to carefully plan and revise content for a new course. Careful planning will make teaching easier and more enjoyable. Talk with other teachers who have taught similar content and discuss various strategies as well as student reactions to the material, etc. In the case of team-teaching, meet with your partner to talk about course goals, philosophies of education and methodologies, the general content, class policies, and what each teacher will be responsible for.<\/p>\n

This article will help you if you are developing a face to face, an online,<\/a>\u00a0a hybrid course<\/a>\u00a0or a MOOC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A simplified concept map<\/a> for the course design process:<\/p>\n

\"Course<\/a><\/p>\n

Pinpoint the course goals<\/h2>\n

What do you want the students to learn and be able to accomplish? With your goals clearly defined, decisions to include certain content, the teaching methods to employ, and the types of assignments and exams to utilize can be more readily determined. To help with curriculum planning primarily in defining goals to maximize student learning (opposed to course content, it is called Backward Design<\/a>), check out G. Wiggins and J. McTighe\u2019s Understanding by Design (1998). Basically, according to Backward Design, instructors should\u00a0clearly define what they expect their students to have learned by the end of the course or section.<\/p>\n

See also: ADDIE Model<\/a><\/p>\n

During the process of determining course goals, it is important to think about student learning. Think of what you want students to learn as far as content and both their cognitive and personal development. The goals should be specific and measurable. These questions will help you in defining course goals.<\/p>\n