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Planning Teaching & Learning P2

This document discusses curriculum design and development. It begins by explaining the importance of giving attention to curriculum design and outlines some key considerations like learning outcomes, Bloom's Taxonomy, and credit level descriptors. It then discusses the learning outcome approach to curriculum design and what meaningful learning outcomes look like. Next, it covers credit level descriptors and their use in curriculum frameworks. It also discusses the concept of "constructive alignment" between learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment. Finally, it outlines some models for the curriculum development process and considerations for curriculum design in an e-learning environment.

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Planning Teaching & Learning P2

This document discusses curriculum design and development. It begins by explaining the importance of giving attention to curriculum design and outlines some key considerations like learning outcomes, Bloom's Taxonomy, and credit level descriptors. It then discusses the learning outcome approach to curriculum design and what meaningful learning outcomes look like. Next, it covers credit level descriptors and their use in curriculum frameworks. It also discusses the concept of "constructive alignment" between learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment. Finally, it outlines some models for the curriculum development process and considerations for curriculum design in an e-learning environment.

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Planning Teaching & Learning

Curriculum Design & Development

Farah Naz
Chapter Overview

⮚ Learning outcome approach to curriculum design


⮚ Bloom’s Taxonomy
⮚ Credit level Descriptors
⮚ Curriculum Design & Development
⮚ Logical Model of Curriculum Development
⮚ Modified Curriculum Development Model
⮚ Curriculum development in an E-learning environment
Introduction

Why is it important to give attention to curriculum


design and development?
- Specialist knowledge
Graduate attributes - General intellectual skills
- Personal qualities

Course Intended learning outcomes

Subject learning objectives/outcomes

Assessment tasks

Assessment criteria
Learning Outcome Approach to Curriculum Design
Meaningful Learning Outcome

Academics find it difficult to address meaningful


learning outcome
So
How do meaningful learning outcome look like?

Student
Cognitive outcomes include attributes Affective outcomes are the
characteristics associated with
demonstrable acquisition of learning experience impacted
specific knowledge and skills on students’ values, goals,
gained through the attitudes, self-concepts, social
programme of study. interactions and
behaviors(Frye, 1999)
Learning outcomes should be
pitched at the right level so as
to specify the complexity or
significance of the situation in
which the learner is expected
to demonstrate the behavior.

The writing of
learning outcomes
should reflect the
students’ increasing
competence
(Bingham,1999)
Credit Level Descriptors

Credit level descriptors can be used by


which each subject area can check the level
of complexity, relative demand and
autonomy expected of a learner on
completion of a unit or programme of
learning.
Guidelines for Credit Level Descriptors

⮚ Development of knowledge and


understanding (subject specific)
⮚ Cognitive/intellectual skills (generic)
⮚ Key transferable skills (generic)
⮚ Practical skills (subject specific)

(SEEC, 2001)
Where Level Descriptors are used?

⮚Curriculum design and development

⮚Framework of Higher education

⮚Development of learning outcomes(both


credit level descriptors & qualification
framework)
“Constructive Alignment”
(Biggs, 2005)

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Steps involved in Aligning Outcomes, Teaching and
Learning Activities and Assessment

1. Clearly define the learning


outcomes.
2. Select teaching and learning If the learning
methods that are likely to ensure outcomes are
that the learning outcomes are clearly written,
achieved. the assessment is
3. Choose a technique or techniques quite easy to plan!
to assess the achievement of the
learning outcomes.
4. Assess the learning outcomes and
check to see how well they match
with what was intended 18
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Key steps in Effective Course & Curriculum Identify aims and objectives of course/program

Write learning outcomes using standard


guidelines (objectives)

Plan the content


Design

Plan the teaching/learning and compile list of


resources

Design assessment to check if


learning outcomes have been achieved

If necessary modify course content and


assessment in light of feedback
The Logical Model of Curriculum Development

Cowan and Harding (1986)


Modification in Cowan’s Model for
Curriculum Development
Views of Curriculum (Biggs,1999
Curriculum Design in an E-learning
Environment

According to Clark & Mayer(2002),it includes


the development of learning materials, activities,
practice elements (often using technology) and
evaluation of all teaching and learning activities.
Evaluation

Student learning Efficacy of the teaching


processes

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