The Online Course Mapping Guide is a walk-through of the course mapping/building process. This site is designed to help you build a vision and a map for your course. The guided exercises in this site will help you identify the outcomes, content types, learning engagement activities and assessments that will meet course goals and student learning needs." It was designed by the University of California, San Diego.
Type of Material:
Development Tool, Guide, Training Tool.
Recommended Uses:
This is self-paced. It would also be an excellent activity to use as part of a professional development program or course.
Technical Requirements:
No requirements. This appears to work in multiple browsers.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
This is a tool intended for new and experienced faculty.
After using this tool, faculty will have created, or be to able to create, a plan for a course with effective learning outcomes, content, engagement and assessment that are aligned. Each module is broken down into components: module outcomes, assessments, activities, instruction, and then linked or mapped to corresponding course learning outcomes.
Target Student Population:
Professional
It is designed for highered Faculty
It would also be effective as part of an orientation for new faculty, and a course for inservice and pre-service teachers.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
None
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The content is of exceptional quality. It is based in well-sourced educational research, theory and practice. The steps are based on Backward design, Bloom's Taxonomy and more.
Concerns:
The content is available in English language only.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The guide is designed with clear outcomes in mind. If the user follows the steps she/he they will build a good course. It serves both conceptual and how-to understanding. Using this mapping creates high credibility to a course, providing clear expectations for learners.
The site's individual pages also serve as a resource for those who want a refresher on one aspect of course development or another.
Concerns:
none
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
A guide is provided. The users can just click on either one of the two entry points on “Gettting Started” webpage. Automatically, the users will obtain all the content they desire. Buttons and heads are large and clear. Navigation is straightforward. Each section has supporting worksheets, images, infographics, references, and video content.
Concerns:
none
Creative Commons:
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