ASC Guidelines For Module Writing Edited

Republic of the Philippines
NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND

Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED
ACADEMIC STANDARDS COMMITTEE
PROPOSED FORMAT FOR UNIVERSITY’s LEARNING MODULE
I. PRELIMINARIES
1. The syllabi of instruction should be revised first in order to reduce the number of
competency requirements, subsequently reducing the number of topics and lessons to be
taken. Accordingly, only the most important subject matters needed to be learned should
be included. The revised syllabi of instruction will be the bases of the pre-designed self-
learning modules.
2. Each learning module is designed for independent study time of the students, and it
should follow a standard template that provides them with a familiar framework. Hence,
each learning module is required to undergo the following evaluation processes by the:
(a) College’s or Campus’ Local Committee on Instructional Material Development (or
any equivalent local committee); (b) Academic Standards Committee (ASC) formed by
the University President; (c) Curriculum Development Office; (d) Quality Assurance
Office; (e) Vice President for Academic Affairs Office; and (f) University President’s
Office.
The following are the subjects/foci of evaluation of each committee:
a. College’s or Campus’ Local Committee on Instructional Material

Development
 Content
 Parts/Components
 Lay-out (Design)
 Authenticity (Plagiarism Issue)
o Content
o Images (Cover and other images/illustrations)
b. Academic Standards Committee
 Format
 Language
 Other technical aspects
c. Curriculum Development Office
d. Quality Assurance Office
e. Vice President for Academic Affairs Office
f. University President’s Office
Notes:
1. Rubrics for Evaluation and templates for Certificationboth from the Local Committee
and Academic Standards Committee (ASC) will be provided by the ASC.
2. ASC will evaluate each submitted module for three to five (3-5) working days.
Submission to the Committee will be until 3:00 in the afternoon.
3. In case of bulk submissions, the first ones being submitted will be the first ones to be
evaluated.
4. Individual submission of the faculty will not be entertained by the committee but of
the representative from the Local Committeeon Instructional Material Development
(or any equivalent local committee) created by the Dean/Director.
5. Hard copyof the module to be evaluated should be submitted to the ASC.
Transforming Communities through Science and Technology

II. LEARNING MODULE PARTS/COMPONENTS
A. Preliminaries
1. Cover
a. The local committee should ensure the appropriateness and aesthetics of the
design to the course content.
b. Images to be used should be free from plagiarism and copyright
infringement.
2. Copyright Page.A template will be provided by the Academic Standards

Committee (ASC).
3. Preface
a. This part will orient the students on what the module is about, the general
learning contents, to whom it is designed, and the course significance.
b. Initials of the author/s will be written after the Preface content.
4. Table of Contents
a. Unit Number, Unit Title, and Subtopicsshould be properly paged.
b. Preliminary pages should also be included.
c. No use of dots(…) between the subtopics and page numbers.
B. Major Parts/Components
In consideration to the nature and uniqueness of each subject, field, and course offering, the
ASC members had accessed and consulted various learning modules and other learning materials
and identified the most common parts or components of the different learning modules across the
fields….
The following are the proposed parts/components of the learning module:
1. Unit Number and Title

a. Major topics in each module should be divided into UNITS (not chapters),
and subtopics will be used for each specific lesson. However, there is no
need to include subheadings like Lesson 1, Lesson 2, and so on…
b. Roman numeral will be used for UNIT NUMBER(ex. UNIT I, UNIT II,
UNIT III, and so on) followed by the specific UNIT TITLEthat concisely
and clearly describes what the whole unit is about.
c. UNIT NUMBER AND TITLE must be CAPITALIZED, set in BOLD
FACE, and ALIGNED TO THE LEFT.
Example:

2. Overview
a. This offers a one-paragraph overview of the entire unit
b. This may also include the significance of the entire unit.
Example:(See the example on the above item)
3. Learning Objectives
a. These describe the measurable skills, abilities, knowledge or values that the
students are expected to demonstrate as a result of completing the unit.
b. The number of the learning objectives depends on the length of the lessons or
topics to be covered in each unit.
c. Considering that each module is designed for independent study and self-
paced instruction, it is suggested that the objectives should be stated in the
context of student’s domain to instill learning responsibility. Thus, the use of
first-person pronoun “I” will be observed.
d. Arabic Numerals (1, 2, 3, 4…not letters nor bullets and other special
characters) will be used in enumerating the learning objectives.
e. Semi-colon (;) will be used at the end of each objective except for the last
objective in which period (.)will be used. In addition, “and” will be written
just after the semi-colon on the second to the last objective.
f. The “base form of the verb” (no change in the original form) will be used.
Example:
4. Setting Up
a. This part draws the attention and stimulates the interests of the students to
participate and to engage themselves in the lessons.
b. This part may be in a form of motivation activity/question, conditioning task,
pre-test, etc.

Examples:
a. Motivation Activity:
b. Motive Questions:
c. Conditioning Task:

5. Lesson Proper
a. This includes discussions of the topics/lessons covered in each unit.
b. The length of this part may vary depending on the comprehensiveness of the
topics/lessons covered in each unit.
c. Considering that the learning modules will be accomplished or carried out by
the students in the absence of a teacher, presentation of lessons should be
personal and conversational (as if you [the teacher] are speaking directly in
those texts.) Thus, it is advised that the lessons are presented in second
person (you, your, yours).
d. All references should be cited properly using sentence in-text citation,
parenthetical citation and direct quotation. By all means, anything borrowed,
the source should be acknowledged properly and correctly. Observe variety
in the in-text citation.
Example:
6. References
a. This part collates the various sources used in every unit of the module.
b. All references should be written right after the Lesson Proper Sectionusing
the APA Format (6th Edition).However, if there is existing format in your
specific field, you may use it so.
c. All reference materials should be grouped and presented according to
types/kinds (books, journals, pamphlets, periodicals [like newspapers], and
online sources).
d. Authors may also include other resources or “links” related to the topics
covered in the unit as additional/suggested reading/viewing materials.
Example:

7. Assessing Learning
a. This part measures and helps the students test their learning in every unit.
b. This part is intended for seat works, activities, and quizzes. There should be
at least three (3) assessment tools to provide easy, average, and difficult
levels of measuring schemes.
c. The default name of these post-activities is “Assessing Learning”.Further,
the term “Activity” will be used to introduce the different tasks. Thus, the
first post-activity of a module is “Activity 1”. There is no “No.” nor
“Number”; just the word “Activity” then the Arabic Numeral Symbol (1, 2,
3…).
d. The Activity numbers must be continuous or successive, from the first
activity of the first unit up to the last activity of the last unit. Hence, the
activity number
of the succeeding Unit should not start with “1” again but should follow the
last Activity Number of the previous Unit.
e. Before giving the actual directions, use the word
“Directions”initalicizedwith a colon (Directions:).Make sure that the
directions are concise yet comprehensive to minimize misunderstanding on
the part of the students.
f. If needed, please include the rubrics to be used in grading the outputs of the
students. As much as possible, lessen or minimize the giving of objective
types of post-activities.
Examples:

III. LEARNING MODULE FORMATTING GUIDE
1. Paper Size - Letter Size (8.5” x 11”)
2. Margins
a. Left Margin - (1.5”)
b. Right Margin - (1”)
c. Top - (1”)
d. Bottom - (1”)
3. Font Type - Cambria
4. Font Size
a. Unit Number and Title –14
b. Contents/Page Number – 11
c. Header -9
5. Font Style
a. The words: Overview, Learning Objectives, Setting Up, Lesson Proper,
References, and Assessing Learning, Activity 1, 2, 3… should be set in
bold face.
b. If the medium is English language, italicize local, borrowed, and coined
words, phrases, and sentences.
6. Spacing
a. Betweensentences in a paragraph, use single space.
b. Between subtopics and contents/paragraphs, use double space.
7. Indention
a. Subtopic
b. Always indent every paragraph.
c. “Directions”for activities should not be indented.
d. Subtopics inthe Table of Contentsshould be indented.
8. Alignment
a. Initials of the author/s in the Preface should be aligned to the RIGHT.
b. The titles “Preface”, “Table of Contents”,and “Activity Number” should
be centered.
c. Titles of major parts (Overview, Learning Objectives, Setting Up, Lesson
Proper, References, and Assessing Learning) should be aligned to the
LEFT.
d. Contents should be justified.
e. “Activity Number” should be centered.

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Republic of the Philippines

NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND

PROPOSED FORMAT FOR UNIVERSITY’s LEARNING MODULE

The following are the subjects/foci of evaluation of each committee:

a. College’s or Campus’ Local Committee on Instructional Material

Transforming Communities through Science and Technology

II. LEARNING MODULE PARTS/COMPONENTS

2. Copyright Page.A template will be provided by the Academic Standards

The following are the proposed parts/components of the learning module:

1. Unit Number and Title

Transforming Communities through Science and Technology

Example:(See the example on the above item)

Transforming Communities through Science and Technology

Transforming Communities through Science and Technology

Transforming Communities through Science and Technology

Transforming Communities through Science and Technology

1. Paper Size - Letter Size (8.5” x 11”)

3. Font Type - Cambria

Transforming Communities through Science and Technology

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