Instructional Module Development (IMoD) System: Building Faculty Expertise in Outcome-Based Course Design

至关重要的是，当代和未来几代工程科学和技术教师了解如何在他们设计的课程中纳入有效的教学实践和评估原则。由于STEM教师通常没有接受过教育培训，他们可能很难理解如何评估教育学，对他们来说，更难设计有效地纳入最佳教学实践的课程材料。这个项目正在制作模块，将帮助教师在STEM课程材料的教学开发。本项目中创建的教学模块开发系统将确保教师在其课程中设计和提供基于研究的教学和评估策略时使用有效的工具。此外，该项目正在进行研究，以制定一个基于成果的课程设计框架，并将其转化为一个基于网络的软件工具。该项目正在查明现有课程设计工具中的不足之处，并正在寻求就教学和评估战略所需知识(分类)的表述方式达成共识。教学模块的开发是以用户为中心的，将评估该系统在帮助教师创建基于结果的课程设计方面的有效性和可用性。该项目还在评估课程设计系统对用户基于成果的课程设计知识的影响。

It is essential that current and future generations of engineering science and technology faculty understand how to incorporate effective pedagogical practice and assessment principles in courses they design. Because STEM faculty typically do not have educational training it can be difficult for them to understand how to assess pedagogy and even more difficult for them to design course material that effectively incorporates the best pedagogical practices. This project is producing modules that will assist faculty in the instructional development of STEM coursework materials. The instructional module development system being created in this project will ensure that faculty use effective tools when designing and delivering research-based pedagogical and assessment strategies in their courses. In addition the project is conducting research to develop a framework for outcome-based course design and is translating this into a web-based software tool. The project is identifying deficiencies in existing course design tools and is looking for a consensus on the representation of required knowledge (a taxonomy) for pedagogical and assessment strategies. The instructional module development is user centered and will assess the effectiveness and usability of the system in helping faculty create outcome-based course designs. The project is also assessing the impact that the course design system has on a user's knowledge of outcome-based course design.