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Designing with Adaptive Courseware: A Backward Design Planning Framework Approach

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Achieving the Dream (ATD) in partnership with Every Learner Everywhere® November 2021

Topic: Effective Teaching Practices Evidence-based Teaching Practices Professional Development

Role: Faculty Instructional designer Instructional Support Staff

In this webinar, hosted in partnership with the Every Learner Everywhere® Network, participants will examine how to ensure alignment of course instruction with adaptive content, analyze typical data points available on an adaptive courseware dashboard to encourage data-driven instruction and consider methods for effectively onboarding students. Facilitators: Kevin Dranuski, M.Ed. Senior Instructional Designer, Center for Learning Excellence (CLE), Cuyahoga Community College; Sarah Goode, Instructional Technologist, Center for Learning Excellence (CLE), Cuyahoga Community College; and Dr. Tanya Scott, Ph.D, Associate Director of Teaching and Learning, Achieving the Dream

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Recommended citation:

Dranuski, K., Goode, S., Scott, T.,(2021, November 3) Designing with Adaptive Courseware [Webinar] Achieving the Dream Teaching and Learning Through Disruption Series. https://www.achievingthedream.org/event/18637/designing-with-adaptive-courseware-a-backwards-design-planning-framework-approach

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