Course Design
There are different approaches you can take to planning your courses. The following resources might help you find your preferred way of making the many decisions necessary to ensure the success of all students in your courses. Careful planning at the course design stage will not only faciliate student learning, it will also help make your teaching easier and more enjoyable by allowing you choose specific approaches, methods and strategies that help realise your teaching intentions for your courses.
To design an effective course, you need to:
- Consider timing and logistics
- Recognize who your students are
- Identify the situational constraints
- Articulate your learning objectives
- Identify potential assessments
- Identify appropriate instructional strategies
- Plan your course content and schedule
Reference:
Eberly Centre Carnegie Mellon. Design your Course [website]. Retrieved from: https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/index.html
