What is Modular Design Monday August 17 2020

What is Modular Design? Monday, August 17, 2020 @ 1: 00 pm— 2: 00 pm ● ● ● Bethany Cobb Kung, Director of the University Honors Program, Associate Professor of Honors and Physics Holly Dugan, Associate Professor of English Danika Myers, Director of First Year Writing

Resources drawn on for this talk: Course Design Institute GW Instructional Core (h/t Daphna Atias) Coursera “Resilient Teaching through Times of Crisis and Change” (Rebecca Quintana, University of Michigan CRLT)

What is Modular Design? Modular design treats a course like a system ● ● Groups elements of a course into containers, buckets, or modules Scaffolds modules to highlight development of knowledge or skill Creates meaningful points of connection throughout the course Supports learning objectives or purpose of the course

Modular Design & Universal Design for Learning GW Instructional Core outlines three components of UDL: Engagement Representation Action and Expression Or: “the Why, What, and How of learning…”

Infographic from: UDL Cast. Org

Modular course design: Purpose Learning Objectives: “recruiting interest” & “sustaining effort” Foundational Knowledge Application Integration Human Dimension Caring Learning How to Learn *Adapted from Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning

Modular Course Design: Elements What makes an effective “module”? Linked to Objectives/Purpose Consistent in length/time/outcomes (default: week) Clearly labelled/marked

Elements of Modular Course Design: Interactions How can we design for interactions? Instructor Content Student

Case Study: the syllabus Syllabus as roadmap vs syllabus as one point of “interaction”

Case Study: Student Interactions Online Nilson, Linda B. (2014). Specifications Grading

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Modules: Elements + Interactions

Case Study: Assessments as “points of connection”

Case Study: Portfolios

Case Study: Assessments as “elements”