Using Backward Design as a Strategic Approach to Course Development
Teaching Tidbits Workshop Spring 2024
April 25, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
Virtual Event
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Overview
Instructors want their students to understand the expectations for learning in their courses. However, ensuring this is happening without careful course planning can be challenging. In this interactive online workshop, we will discuss backward design (Wiggins and McTighe, 2005) for learning, an approach to instructional planning that starts with identifying desired results– what students are expected to learn or be able to do–and then proceeds “backward” to determine acceptable evidence of learning (assessments) and to develop instructional materials and learning activities that promote the desired results.
After participating in this online workshop you will be able to:
- Explain the advantages of integrating backward design into course design, including its impact on student learning outcomes
- Describe the three steps of the backward design framework
- Identify tools and methods needed to apply backward design to your courses effectively
EVENT FORMAT: This workshop will be online on Zoom.
EVENT LEAD: Erin Stapleton-Corcoran, erinls2@uic.edu
EVENT CO-FACILITATOR: Sam Day, samday@uic.edu
Inclusivity & Accessibility Information: UIC is committed to full inclusion and participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of university life. CATE’s online events are delivered through Zoom and may include breakout rooms and group discussion. CATE’s in-person events typically involve a combination of presentation and discussion-based activities. We welcome ASL interpreters, note-takers, and accompanying assistants to all CATE events. If you have questions about access, such as parking or building layouts, or wish to request accommodations for our programming, such as real-time captioning (CART), ASL services, or obtaining event materials in alternative formats, please contact the event lead, Erin Stapleton-Corcoran (erinls2@uic.edu).
Date posted
Dec 18, 2023
Date updated
Mar 12, 2024