Course & Curriculum Design

• The term curriculum refers to the lessons and

academic content taught in a school or in a
specific course or program.
 Course & Curriculum Design

Course design can be addressed as:

• Curriculum development or design
• Program design
• Course design
• Instructional system design

Each of them assumes specific meanings in

specific circumstances
 Action associated with Course design

o Establishing training objective

o Developing and sequencing course materials
o Selecting method of media
o Reviewing the actions against the present
objective
 Three Phase Process

Romizowski (1981) calls it a three phase process

* Establishing precise and useful objectives
* Planning viable routes
* Testing them out in other words analysis, synthesis and
evaluation
 Five Steps in Course Design

Lynton-Pareek says five steps in course design

* Choice of strategy
* Breaking the training objective into content and then
matching them with appropriate methods and events
* Specification of training methods
* Deciding on different packages
* Sequencing
Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

Stage – 1 Job/task analysis which involves

Job description
Task analysis
Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

Stage – 2 Analysis of the required competencies

Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

Stage – 3 Analysis of the target population

Stage – 4 Analysis of training needs

 Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

Stage – 5 Development of training objectives

 Objective should evolve three elements:
 Description of specific terminal behavior,
 Performing standard to describe how the learner most
performance be occur,
 Important condition under which performance will be occur.
 Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

Stage – 6 Development of criteria test

Post training test to ascertain how the performance of the
training coincides with the present training objectives

Stage – 7 Selection of course content

Originate from training objective, performance deficiency and need
Must know
Should know
Nice to know
 Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

Stage – 8 Selection of methods and techniques.

Factor should be considered:
 Training objectives
 Learning process
 Resource constraint
 Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

Stage – 9 Selection media and materials.

Factors to be considered:
Survey of all the available media and
materials
Training objectives
Resource constraints
Skill of the facilitator
 Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

Stage – 10 Sequence and lesson plan.

Guide lines may be followed:
From general to specific
Interest sequencing
Skill sequencing
Frequency sequencing
Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

a. Course plan:
 Name of the course
 Need assessment process
 Course duration
 Suitable for/participants background
 Objectives
 Contents
 Methods
 Materials
Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

b. Module Plan
Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

C. Lesson Plan/Session Plan:

Lesson title/Topics
Objectives
Time
Methods
Materials/Aids
Group size
Physical setting
Process/Session guide
 Eleven stages of instructional system/ course design

Stage – 11 Evaluation and course improvement

Reactions
Learning
Performance
Organizational reunite
Formative Vs summative
Eternel Vs infernal
Thank You
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