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Design Principles checklist

This checklist highlights key design principles instructors are encouraged to be familiar with when developing a blended course.

  • The instructor has a clear understanding of epistemological approaches such as – objectivism vs. constructionism
  • The instructor is aware that the epistemological approach significantly influences the way in which blended courses are designed
  • The instructor is cognizant of his/her/their epistemological lens
  • The instructor is aware of complexity levels that exists between enhancing vs. transforming blends when designing a blended course
  • The instructor has selected either an enhancing or a transforming blended approach to design the course
  • The instructor has a good understanding of core course design frameworks such as COI, UDL, ARCS model
  • The instructor has a good understanding of core Instructional design frameworks such as 5E, BOPPPS, ARCS
  • The instructor has a good understanding of core lesson design frameworks such as COI, Moore’s Theory of Interaction
  • The instructor has a good understanding of the flipped vs. the traditional rotational blended model that guides the scheduling of online vs. in-person sessions
  • The instructor has a good understanding of multiple operationalizations available to design a course to be delivered in a blended format
  • The instructor is familiar with the concept of constructive alignment that aids the design of sound lessons
  • The instructor is familiar with added complexities attached to constructive alignment in blended lessons
  • An instructor using a transforming blend has a good understanding of the importance to integrate activities that are delivered via in-person and online
  • An instructor using a transforming blend has a good understanding of the principle of consolidation/extension to integrate activities between in-person and online modalities