COURSE DESIGN

APPLICATION
Assessing needs & Organizing the
course
The role of needs assessment in
the development of a course
■ Needs assessment is
systematic and on going
reflecting on their
process of gather information needs
about students’ needs and
preferences, interpreting
Gaining a sense of
information and then making ownership and
decisions based on the control
interpretation in order to Establishing
meet the needs. learning as a
dialogue between
the teacher and
learner
When should one do needs
assessment?
■ Pre course needs assessment
■ Initial needs assessment
■ On going needs assessment