Before you decide on the content to cover in your course, endow your course with a strong internal structure conducive to student learning.

Alignment

Alignment among the below three main course components ensures an internally consistent structure.

Alignment is when the:

OBJECTIVES articulate the knowledge and skills you want students to acquire by the end of the course
ASSESSMENTS allow the instructor to check the degree to which the students are meeting the learning objectives
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES are chosen to foster student learning towards meeting the objectives

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Bloom’s Taxonomy Action Verbs

Need to find the right action verbs to write measurable learning objectives? Use the following chart: