Backward Design in 7 Steps
When you set out to design a new course, where do you begin? For many of us, the first place…
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Outcomes
Writing Cognitive Objectives
In 1956 an educational psychologist, Benjamin Bloom, articulated a hierarchy (taxonomy) for understanding differing levels of cognition, starting with the…
Writing Behavioral Objectives
Second, O’Donnell’s subtle admonition that researchers explore how the medium of online education might be “artfully [exploited] in its own right,” [2] has…
Writing Affective Objectives
The affective learning taxonomy is one that is often overlooked in our traditional educational models, and yet is absolutely essential…
Assessment
Diagnostic Assessment
Diagnostic assessments are typically non-graded assessments that help a teacher gauge students’ prior knowledge of a subject matter. Some examples…
Formative Assessment
Formative assessments are typically non-graded assessments that help a teacher gauge student learning or competency related to the learning objectives.…
Summative Assessment
Summative assessments seek to measure student achievement of course-level learning objectives or competencies. Comprehensive summative assessments seek evaluate student achievement of…
Blueprint
Scaffolding, Alignment, and Distribution
At its core, backward design is about how to craft a learning pathway that takes students from where they are…
Creating a Design Blueprint
Horizon’s Designing for Online Learning (DOL) Moodle course makes use of the ADDIE model of course design in the development…
