Instructional Design

Curriculum Design.  Curriculum is taking a set of learners with identified characteristics and expertise from a defined starting place to a very specific level of expertise.  The design process starts with a Front-End Analysis, and then we move to identify where graduates need to be in terms of the things they will know, be able to do, believe, and value. 

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We carefully define that target (the ideal graduate) using performance objectives we define drawing on the best expertise and references available.   

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• Knowledge:  What facts, concepts, procedures, or metacognitive strategies do students need to be able to recall or use?

• Skills:   What things do graduates need to be able to perform and at what level of expertise?

• Professional Paradigms:  What should our students believe about how their professional world works?  How are problems really solved in their future workplaces?

• Values:  What do we want our graduates to love, value, defend or pursue?  

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In our experience, professional paradigms and values are often what program faculty see as discriminating characteristics of their graduates.  We specialize in the systematic design of instruction and assessment for these affective-type of performance objectives. ​

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Performance Analysis.  Not satisfied with your organization's performance outcomes?  We identify and address performance deficits using systematic processes.  I was a student of Roger Kaufman's, have worked with Allison Rossett, and would love to help you take a deep systematic look at your organization's performance [Front-end Analysis, Needs Assessment, Performance Analysis, Performance Design, Performance Systems]

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Performance Improvement.  I have been an ISPI Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) for decades.   We take a systems approach to the identification of optimal performance, and then design creative systems to achieve that optimal performance.  

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Accreditation Preparation.  Whether you're anticipating a Medical School LCME Accreditation, or a Business School AASCB Accreditation, accrediting bodies want to see curriculum objectives that describe desired student performance linked to instructional strategies that are linked to assessments.  I can help you articulate the objectives, then align them with your instructional strategies and assessments.