Starting with Why

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sioZd3AxmnE

Your course philosophy in 140 characters #mycourseusp

•Why this course?•Why for society?•Why for your students?•Why does it matter to you?•Why is it special?

Your dream graduate

• In groups draw a picture of your dream graduate (preferably animal, machine, insect – think metaphor!)

• Capture in words alongside your graduate the attributes you see as vital for the dream graduate to become reality…

Backward mapping: how will you get there?

• Choose one unit to construct a shared approach to teaching which you think is likely to get you to a dream graduate

• Choose which level to work at (4,5,6) and choose a real or notional unit

• Use the cards to construct weeks, preparation activities, teaching and learning activities, assessment tasks.

Card exercise

• Lay out the guidance cards as shown on the next slide• Each week needs an in-class activity and a

preparation activity• The whole module needs at least one formative

and only one summative assessment• Consider what options will be most effective for

student engagement

Your cards• Summative assessment – red• Formative assessment - orange• Preparation – green• Learning activity – yellow• Teaching activity - blue

Wild cardsStage two: Accommodations and alterations• Draw three pink and purple green cards at random• Will you have to change your unit design in light of

these issues? How?

Curriculum design is about making tough choices