Looking at your Course Map through Various Lenses

Once your map starts shaping up you can begin to look at your course design through various "lenses." If you are building a paper map you can tag the bigger stickies with small color-coded stickers so that you can quickly see if there are any gaps or redundancies in your course. (If you are using the Flow Planner you may want to print it out and mark it up.)

For example, what kinds of interactions show up when you color code each opportunity for interaction? Are the interactions mostly student-to-instructor or student-to-class? If so you may decide to incorporate more student-to-student or group activities. Below are some ideas for lenses to evaluate your course design.

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Ways to look at your course design

 Interactions    Feedback    Location & Time    Ignatian Framework
  • Student/class
  • Student/student
  • Student/instructor
  • Group/instructor
  • Group/group
  • Instructor feedback
  • Peer feedback
  • Automated feedback
  • Self evaluation
  • In class/online
  • Synchronous/asynchronous
  • Weekly/long term project
  • Context
  • Experience
  • Reflection
  • Action
  • Evaluation