Course Design

This Teaching Tip Sheet provides guidance on how to select and organize content for your course. Keywords: course design, learning outcomes, open educational resources, OER, copyright, diversity, Indigenization, decolonization, organization, reflection.

Resilient course design is a framework for understanding how to design courses that are less susceptible to disruption

This teaching tip focuses on effectively organizing and using your LEARN site to improve the student experience, including Course Outline, Course Communications, Course Calendar and Schedule, Course Materials and Activities, and Gradebook.  

This Teaching Tip Sheet is organized around five questions that you should consider as you are developing your course outline: Intended Learning Outcomes, Context, Content, Teaching Methods, and Assessment Methods. Keywords: course design, questions, intended learning outcomes, teaching methods, assessment methods, course evaluation processes, philosophy of teaching and learning, course plan, assessment tools, course description. 

Asynchronous discussions are where participants exchange ideas at different times over an extended period ranging from a few days to a few weeks – for example, in a discussion forum in a learning management system such as LEARN.