{"id":2966,"date":"2021-08-12T18:33:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T22:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/faculty-hub\/?page_id=2966"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:50:45","slug":"course-redesign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/faculty-hub\/teaching-resources\/course-redesign\/","title":{"rendered":"Course (Re)Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When designing or developing a course or learning activity we often begin with the question: What content do I want to cover?\u00a0\u00a0However, thinking about the instructional purpose may be a more effective approach.<\/p>\n

In competency-based programs, the instructional purpose is to enable students to develop competencies. By the end of instruction, the student will be able to integrate learning in the accomplishment of a task or to solve a problem. Students should also be able to transfer learning to new situations or problems to solve. The course(s) become the vehicle for the development of competencies rather than for the delivery of content.<\/p>\n

Most program competencies require students to exercise higher-order cognitive skills (levels 3 to 6 of Bloom’s Taxonomy) rather than remembering or comprehending (levels 1 and 2).<\/p>\n

When (re)designing a course, unit, lesson or learning activity, with the objectives and standards at hand, ask yourself questions such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n