Purpose: After working through this checklist, instructors will have a thought through the design for their mixed delivery fall course(s).
Start here:
Ask: five years from now, what do I want my students to remember and use that they learned in my course? This is your overall goal.
Objectives:
- Establish measurable objectives for your course.
- Try to group your objectives to narrow them down to 3-5 objectives.
- Be sure the objectives are worded from the student’s perspective and contain measurable verbs.
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TIP: Students may need to reach certain levels of your objectives as well. So a student may need to show differing levels of achieving outcomes such as beginning, developing, or mastering.
Assessments:
- Using your objectives as a checklist, match each objective with an assessment to be sure that your course includes at least one assessment for each objective.
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- Identify criteria with assignment Rubrics/Metrics that show success and areas for improvement.
- Clearly identify the criteria for success on each assessment.
Assignments:
For each assignment, ask yourself the following questions:
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At this point, the course objectives, assessments, and assignments should align through rubrics, much like peas align in a pod.
Designing Class Sessions/Modules/Weeks:
As you design each course session/module/week, focus on four activities for each session/module/week. Some you will conduct in mixed delivery mode. Some you’ll have students do outside of class and away from you.
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Suggestions and directions for some techniques can be found here.
Running Class Sessions:
These class sessions will be demanding on your mental bandwidth, so try to have a plan for each class session.
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