New to the site? Try Quick User Guide

We track anonymous visitor behavior on our website to ensure you have a great experience. Learn more about our Privacy Policy.

Student-Centered OER Course Design Process

Creating competencies to support the creation of curriculum

Overview

Garnet Valley School District, located in Pennsylvania, engaged in a four-stage, student-centered course design process that included an emphasis on using Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Understanding by Design (UbD). This design process included professional learning and an intentional focus on a variety of domains which include:

  1. Instructional Design
    • Educators focus on cultivating intentionally and authentically designed student learning experiences, building interactions, and delivering content in multiple modalities like face-to-face, online, and blended settings.
  2. Curriculum Design
    • To create and utilize focused, high-quality curriculum, district leaders leverage a five-year curriculum review process that includes the understanding by design curriculum framework as the foundation of all curriculum design creation.
  3. Resource Design
    • School leaders continuously collect, curate, and create activities and OER aligned to student learning outcomes.
  4. Course Design
    • Students must be able to access the content in multiple modalities.