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By utilizing backward design, teachers avoid focusing so much on content that they end up writing a book instead of an online course. An online course, after all, should encourage discovery and higher level thinking through activities, rather than memorization of text for multiple-choice quizzes. Backward design encourages teaching for understanding and requires students to apply and demonstrate their learning.
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“Put simply, you start with what’s most important and work backwards from it.”
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Planning a Course Backward
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