Curriculum Design (EDU521)

This course is designed for educators involved in designing learning and training for preemployment training (PET) and continuing education and training (CET) learners. Participants will gain the knowledge, skills, and tools required to create effective curricula that cater to the unique needs of diverse learner profiles. The course explores modern curriculum design models, applies contemporary learning theories and approaches to learner issues identified through needs analysis, and evaluates course blueprints for alignment with educational goals. Participants will learn how to create impactful course content for their field, enhancing the learning experience. Ultimately, the course aims to prepare educators to design learner-centred curricula for pre-employment training and continuing education and training that foster success for learners.

• Curriculum design models
• The LNA process and components of LNA
• Learning gaps and needs
• Designing LNA instruments
• Bloom’s taxonomy
• Writing learning outcomes
• Backward design approach
• How people learn
• Active learning approaches and activities
• Content analysis
• Sequencing strategies
• Curriculum evaluation

• Analyse learning issues faced by different profiles of learners (PET and CET) based on needs analysis
• Appraise different curriculum design models
• Critique course blueprint(s) against learning needs, nature of content, and with alignment to learning outcomes, learning approaches and activities and assessment
• Evaluate curriculum based on multiple sources of evidence
• Design active learning engagement for different profiles of learners (PET and CET), drawing upon learning theories and approaches
• Develop instruments for collecting data for different purposes of learning needs analysis (LNA)