for Designing, Developing, and Delivering Courses
Has the transition to online learning left you feeling overwhelmed? Does the proposition of designing and developing an online or hybrid class for spring inspire stress and anxiety? Do you feel overwhelmed with highly structured training aimed at preparing you for all of this? UM3D’s Coffee with an Instructional Designer series may be for you!…
A helpful tool for writing objectives is Bloom’s Taxonomy. Bloom’s Taxonomy is a classification of learning objectives proposed in 1956 by a committee of educators chaired by Benjamin Bloom. Bloom edited the first volume of the standard text, Taxonomy of educational objectives: the classification of educational goal. Needless to say, Bloom’s taxonomy has been an…
Easily turn PowerPoints and other documents into narrated videos with screen casting software. Step 1: Choose your software Screen casting programs record as video everything on your computer screen plus your voice and face, if desired. Choose a screen sharing program and install it on your computer. UM3D suggests either Loom or Screencast-o-matic. Both have…
Many of us think “writing learning objectives seems like a lot of work.” To be fair, writing good learning objectives can be time consuming. However, the ABCD model can help you write effective learning objectives faster. ABCD Model The ABCD Model breaks down a well written learning objective into 4 parts: Audience, Behavior, Condition and…
Not too long ago, teaching online meant teaching a course that was in some way available online. But now that the UofM provost’ office has defined different modalities, deciding how to teach online can be as simple as doing what your department has decided collectively is the way to go, or as complicated choosing different…