[Talk] Fundamentals of Great Course Design

(Some) Fundamentals of Great Course Design

Why Care About Design?

Delivering Great Products Courses is

HARD

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Kinds of Hard Exercise is Hard Playing the Violin is Hard

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A Great Course Can Change

the World


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I’m just a guy talking.

Motorcycle Racing and the 80/20 Rule


“Life is amazing: and the teacher had better prepare himself to be a medium for that amazement.”

Edward Blishen

“Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.”

Edward Blishen

Teachers / Instructors Transcend Courses


Get the Best Teachers

Our Advice, Based on Our Experience,

on What Matters Most :


A Course Should Solve a Problem


The Fundamentals

1.  Context

2.  Definition of Goals & Objectives

3.  Assessment

4.  Evaluation (Feedback)


Also Important Instructional Style and Strategy

Delivery Mechanism


CONTEXT We o!en lack context

Context must exist for deeper understanding Context can be created (but takes time)

Teachers and Students both need context


GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Goal: Be able to use Microso! Word. Objective: Create a document including columns. Objective: Format a document according to specific directions about font, spacing, etc.


When writing, we call this

Outlining


Assessment •  A point of learning for the student and teacher •  Transparency an accountability helps •  Troubleshooting assessments: “Everyone was driving

the wrong way!” •  Incorporate some alternative assessments


Evaluate •  Most people ignore evaluation forms…unless things

are REALLY GOOD or REALLY BAD. •  Consider a 1 question “Gate Keeper” evaluation.


#ProTip In So!ware: Bring your product up to a releasable state as o!en as possible. In Education: Bring your class up to a testable state as o!en as possible. Review!


#ProTip

Always tell stories all the time. Build these in when designing

your course.


DELIVERY What does the future hold?

Education Delivery Trends •  Better content •  Less teaching •  More techno-faff •  More connections •  Shorter education cycles •  Decoupling of courses and assessments •  More self service by students •  Watch for the “developing economy leapfrog”


Opportunity

“We don’t know what we don’t know.” Donald Rumsfeld

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[Talk] Fundamentals of Great Course Design

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