EDUW693 Instructional Design and Assessment (4 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): EDUW691 , EDUW692  
This course presents an overview for aligning instructional design, delivery, and assessment to maximize each student’s developmental capabilities.  Lesson design coordinates content, pedagogy, and resources to achieve curricular goals guided by performance evidence.  Standards-based assessment criteria, tools, and practices emphasize self-correction and instructional adjustments for proficiency at each learning step.  A professional inquiry learning process guides students in improving design and implementation of coherent instruction.

 Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to the following:

1. Align in a plan: (a) instructional starting points to current range of student abilities,(b) formative objectives to an appropriate progression of standards-based learning steps, and (c) summative objectives to developmental capabilities.   
2. Identify instructional design terminology and adaptation strategies for diverse learners in a learning plan.
3. Use appropriate assessments aligned to formative learning steps and summative objectives. 
4. Use digital media to demonstrate instructional improvements and to assess instruction based on learner engagement and learning evidence. 
5. Demonstrate timely completion of a seven-step learning process to improve instructional design and assessment skills in a portfolio entry addressing.