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What is Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment in the Online Environment
Planning curriculum, delivering instruction and assessing student growth & mastery is at the heart of teaching online. With planning, instructing & assessing online there are specific considerations that must be made, beginning with the planning of units and lessons, delivering the learning experiences for students and how to assess students’ performance. When making these considerations, teachers are able to provide:
- predictability in what to expect and how to engage in learning
- flexibility in how students can engage in learning and demonstrate their understanding or mastery
- student empowerment by allowing students voice and choice
- connection by embedding routines for collaboration and discussion into instruction
Sources:
- Priorities by: Alex Shevrin Venet
- Adapted from “Four Core Priorities for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning” by Kara Newhouse (KWED.org)
How Can These Materials be Used?
- Look at the choice board to see the elements and links to various resources.
- Select a link to an element to review.
- Each element includes a definition and “how to use” section.
- Each element includes asynchronous materials and resources.
What Materials are Provided?
Asynchronous Learning Materials
- each element contains a section of asynchronous learning materials
these materials include slide decks and videos - each slide deck includes a combination of speaker notes and/or video recordings to guide learning
- asynchronous materials can be used as a menu of options to meet your particular regional needs
- these learning materials can also be delivered synchronously, either in person or virtually
Resources
- links to further readings, websites, infographics that can be used to support learning and implementation
- these materials can be used to enhance learning materials or dive deeper into various topics based on need
Choice Board
Curriculum
- curriculum planning
- collaborative planning
Instructional Models
- common language of instruction
- student engagement
- differentiation
- scaffolding
- student agency
- instructional tools
Link to Instructional Model Resources
Assessment
- feedback
- formative assessments
- summative