Course Design Glossary

Acronyms

“The trained CCCs will support their CDs to develop the CRD that shows alignment of the MLOs with the SLOs. The CDs will also develop a common assessment for the identified SLO of the course that measures student achievement of PO.”​

  • CCCs – Compressed Course Champions – Faculty trained in the process of Course Redesign at GTCC​
  • CDs – Course Designers – Faculty assigned to redesign specific courses​
  • CRD – Course Redesign Document – A key deliverable of the process of Course Redesign at GTCC
  • ID – Instructional Design – The field of creating engaging and effective ​education or training
  • POs – Program Outcomes – The goals of the program that all the courses in that program work toward​
  • SLOs – Student Learning Outcomes – The goals of the course
  • MLOs – Module Learning Objectives – The goals of the module or unit – Also called instructional objectives, unit objectives, or weekly objectives
  • OERs – Open Educational Resources – Openly licensed books, videos, test banks, simulations, etc that can be used for free

 

Other Key Terms​

  • Blueprint – Technical process to associate the Model DEV Shell with each live section of the course taught each semester
  • Common Assessment – A graded assignment designed to show mastery that is the same or equivalent for all sections of a class
  • Course Map – Plan of how learning materials, activities, and assignments align with module learning objectives (MLOs) to achieve student learning outcomes (SLOs)
  • Curriculum Map – Plan of how each course student learning outcome (SLO) supports the program outcomes (POs)​
  • ​Model DEV Shell – Built in Canvas by the course designer to include all the key learning materials, activities, and assessments to meet the student learning outcomes (SLOs)
  • Online & Hybrid (O&H) – 50% or greater online​
  • Traditional & Blended (T&B) – Less than 50% online​​