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Phase One: Plan

Initiate Analyze Plan
Plan Program Head Faculty (SME) Learning Designer Learning Tech. Librarian Copyright Officer Program Staff
Activities
Create draft learning outcomes
Determine course structure (i.e. how many modules, units, sections, assignments, assessments, etc.)
Identify technology options
Identify readings and resources including OER
Assign resources (people)
Deliverables
  1. Email communication
Estimated Time
2-4 weeks

– could vary across schools and programs

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Additional Resources

Learning Outcomes

University of New South Wales. Constructing Learning Outcomes.
https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/constructing-learning-outcomes

University of New South Wales. Learning Outcomes: Specifying levels of academic performance.
https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/upload-files/outcomes_levels.pdf

University of Victoria, Distance Education Services. Action Verbs.
https://commons.royalroads.ca/ctet/wp-content/uploads/sites/134/2022/09/Action-Verbs.pdf

University of Victoria, Distance Education Services. Domains of Learning.
https://commons.royalroads.ca/ctet/wp-content/uploads/sites/134/2022/09/Domains-of-Learning.pdf

University of Victoria, Distance Education Services. Learning Objectives.
https://commons.royalroads.ca/ctet/wp-content/uploads/sites/134/2022/09/Learning-Objectives.pdf

University of Victoria, Distance Education Services. Rubric for Assessing Learning Objectives.
https://commons.royalroads.ca/ctet/wp-content/uploads/sites/134/2022/09/Rubric-Assessing-Learning-Objectives.pdf

Vancouver Island Univeristy, Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning. Learning Outcomes.
https://ciel.viu.ca/pages/learning-outcomes

Learning Activities, Assignments, and Assessments

Humboldt State University. Assessing Online Facilitation.
https://www2.humboldt.edu/aof/

University of Victoria, Distance Education Services. Assignment Design in Four Steps.
https://commons.royalroads.ca/ctet/wp-content/uploads/sites/134/2022/09/Assignment-Design-in-4-Steps-1.pdf

University of Victoria, Distance Education Services. Designing Reading Assignments and Activities.
https://commons.royalroads.ca/ctet/wp-content/uploads/sites/134/2022/09/Designing-Reading-Assignments.pdf

Open Education Resources (OER)

Royal Roads University, Centre for Teaching and Educational Technology. Open Educational Resources (OER).
https://www.royalroads.ca/about/centre-teaching-educational-technologies/teaching-resources/open-educational-resources

Thompson Rivers University, TRU Libraries. Open Education Resources (OERs) Primer.
https://libguides.tru.ca/oer

Weller, M. Understanding OER In 10 Videos. The Ed Techie.
https://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/2013/09/underst.html

Wikiversity. Composing free and open online educational resources 2011.
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Composing_free_and_open_online_educational_resources_2011

Course Mapping and Learning Outcome Alignment

Carnegie Mellon University, Eberly Center. Design & teach a course: Course structure.
https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/contentschedule.html#coursestructure

Caruana, V. How a Course Map Puts You on Track for Better learning Outcomes. Faculty Focus.
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/instructional-design/how-a-course-map-puts-you-on-track-for-better-learning-outcomes/

Learning Technologies

Royal Roads University, Centre for Teaching and Educational Technology. Learning Technologies.
https://www.royalroads.ca/about/centre-teaching-educational-technologies/moodle-other-educational-technologies