Familiarize Yourself with the Basics of Good Course Design
Designing Courses for Significant Learning
- A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning by L. Dee Fink
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- NOTE: This reading offers an overview of the entire course design process, including looking at course context, writing course goals and learning objectives, creating effective assessments that incorporate good feedback, integrating appropriate learning activities, and pulling it all together into a course that will be effective for students. All of these topics will be covered in greater detail later in this Learning Path.
- Modified Bloom’s Taxonomy Wheel Graphic with Verbs and Activities
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- NOTE: This chart matches different learning activities to the levels (and verbs) associated with Bloom’s Taxonomy. It can be used to help scaffold student learning as you plan activities throughout the course.
- NOTE: This chart matches different learning activities to the levels (and verbs) associated with Bloom’s Taxonomy. It can be used to help scaffold student learning as you plan activities throughout the course.
- Modified Bloom’s Taxonomy Wheel Graphic with Verbs and Activities- Image Transcription
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- NOTE: A transcription of the Bloom's Taxonomy Wheel Graphic.
- NOTE: A transcription of the Bloom's Taxonomy Wheel Graphic.
- Fink's Significant Learning Verbs for Objectives
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- NOTE: This list matches different levels to verbs associated with Dee Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning. It can be used to help with the language you use in your course objectives.