…mind. Backwards Design The focus of Backwards Design (or Understanding by Design) is that of student learning and understanding. Wiggins and McTighe (1998) contend that faculty typically design their courses…
…seminars, free reports, and articles to help guide you in your course design process: Instructional Design Backward Course Design Blended Course Design Hybrid Course Design Online Course Design Instructional Design…
…course-design choice around these objectives. “Backwards design asks us to think in the opposite direction, in the opposite order,” Harrison says. Step 1: Finding the kernels Once you have a…
…T.Y. (2021). Stage 5 in the design thinking process: Test. Interaction Design Foundation. https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/stage-5-in-the-design-thinking-process-test Elsbach, K. D., & Stigliani, I. (2018). Design thinking and organizational culture: A review and framework…
…theory and research on inclusion, multicultural education, universal design, implicit/unconscious bias, and the hidden curriculum (a full version can be found by visiting http://bit.ly/inclusionbydesign). For the purposes of this publication…
…ideas. Ultimately, this will help to spark innovation in the curriculum design process and in the classroom. Higher Order Thinking and Backward Design The second benefit of backward design is…
…Skills? Using Interleaving in Course Design to Improve Retention How Can I Use Microactivities to Engage Students and Improve Learning and Retention? Mindful Moments: 50 Microactivities for Energizing the College…
As the number of online courses and degree programs in higher education continues to increase, more faculty are being asked to design and develop online courses. Sometimes this course design…
