Title: Activity 1.1 - Creating a course description
Course: Learning Design and Development > Section: Topic 1: Models, frameworks and processes

Activity 1.1 - Creating a course description

Aim: To compile and share a description of the course that you will design.

Motivation: To compile a course description that is focused on the course objectives, and provides realistic expectations and vision for the learners.

Task: Create a description of your module/course.

Duration: 80 minutes

Tools: Discussion forum

Resources:

- Do you know how to use a discussion forum? You may like to view this explanation on How to post to a forum. (UMass Amherst, 2016)
- Please adhere to your own institutional course outline and style template.

What to do: Create a description of your module/course, including:

- main topics & outcomes;
- target audience (location, educational background, digital literacy skills); and
- duration.

How:

- The task is to be completed individually and offline in a text file.
- Share your course description with your fellow educators by attaching the file to your post in the discussion forum.

Feedback/Response: (peer review)

- Read and respond constructively to at least one other person’s contribution.
- Read the other people’s responses to your own contribution, and make revisions.

Assessment:

- Completing this activity will count towards your course portfolio.

Note: Adapted from the 7Cs of Learning Design toolkit (University of Leicester, 2012). CC BY