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Quality Course Design

Introductory Video

Overview

L. Dee Finks' model of integrated course design provides a foundation from which to build an effective course and subsequently significant learning experiences for your students.   The basic components in this model of Integrated Course Design are the same as those found in other models of instructional design:

  • analyze the situational factors
  • formulate the learning goals
  • design the feedback and assessment procedures
  • select the teaching/learning activities. 

What is distinctive about this model is that these components have been put together in a way that reveals and emphasizes their inter-relatedness.

 

Fink Course Design Model

What happens when the course is not integrated?

Notice the pattern:  If a teacher breaks one of the connections in a course, inevitably another is broken.  When two out of three key connections are broken, the course itself is broken.  This is why it is so important to create an integrated design.

                

 

References

  1. Fink, L. D. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.