ISD From the Ground Up (2nd Edition)

14	Designing for Academic Credit

 

Chapter Objectives

At the conclusion of this chapter, you should be able to

• describe at least two general requirements for credit consideration when designing a course
• implement a credit review for a design plan
• modify a design plan to improve the likelihood of obtaining credit for a course.

 

One critical value-added element of instructional design, often treated tangentially outside of academic institutions, is to engage a design philosophy that ensures that each course has the potential to provide participants with academic credit. A credit-for-courses design philosophy includes a system for making sure that academic course requirements are considered at each step in the design process. In most ...