Helpful Resources on the Web

Reading References

Online Course Notes

Designing a Course
Learning Outcomes
Curriculum
How do I Create a Course Outline?
Prior Learning Assessment - What's that got to do with me?
Learning Objectives

External Web Links

Special Considerations for Designing Internet Based Instruction
Needs Assessment in Program Planning
Delivering Instruction on the World Wide Web

Reading References

Algonquin College in publication: "Prior Learning Assessment: Guidelines for Effective Practices" Prepared by Prior Learning Assessment Office, March, 1995.

Bevis, Em and Marcia Hills. 1992. A Caring Curriculum: A New Pedagogy for Nurses. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Brock, Curriculum Design: Principles, Issues and Caveats, pp.57-88

Developing Learning Outcomes Self-Study Guide, Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, March, 1996.

Dick, Walter, Carey, Lou.1990. The systematic design of instruction. Illinois: Scott, acknowledgement, Little & Brown (3rd edition).

Generic Skills Learning Outcomes for Two and Three Year Programs in Ontario's Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. The College Standards and Accreditation Council, May, 1995.

Gross Davis, Barbara: 1993. Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
"Preparing or Revising a Course" pp. 3-12

Guidelines to the Development of Standards of Achievement through Learning Outcomes, 1994. College Standards and Accreditation Committee

Horton, William, 1994. Designing and Writing Online Documentation. 2nd ed. Toronto.

Human-Centred Design. university of Toronto Magazine

Kaufman, R., and English, F.W. 1979. Needs assessment: Concept and application. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications cited in Kemp, J., Morrison, G., Ross, S., 1994. Designing Effective Instruction. Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada.

Kemp, J., Morrison, G., Ross, S., 1994. Designing Effective Instruction. Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada.

Learning Centered Education in Ontario's Colleges, 1995
Ksenych, Ed. "Learning Centered Education in Ontario's Colleges: A Critique," in The College Quarterly, Vol.3No.2, Winter 1995-96, pp. 4-8.

Pratt, David. 1994. Curriculum Planning Handbook for Professionals. Toronto: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

Spady, William. 1994. "Learning Outcomes of Significance, in Educational Leadership March, 1994, pp.18-22.

Vavrus, Linda, "Put Portfolios to the Test," in Instructor, August, 1990, pp.48-53.

Vision 2000, 1992

York Region Board of Education OBL Planning Model.

 


Acknowledgement is given to Michael Simon for his hilarious ideas in the Workshop: Having Fun; not just for Fun, December, 1996, Centennial College, Toronto, Ontario.)