Online Learning Consortium's Instructional Designer Mastery Series

Instructional Design Capstone Project

Intended for audiences that wish to create courses with a focus on project-based learning

Upon completion of viewing this video, Backward Design for Project-Based Learning, facilitators should be able to:

• define backward design;

• name the words abbreviated in S.M.A.R.T. goal’s acronym;

• list some of the main features of project-based learning;

• explain how backward design can work well when designing lessons for project-based learning; and

• use backward design’s framework to develop lessons for projects.

References:

Lembo, D. & Vacca. M. (2012). Department of Computer and System Sciences Antonio Ruberti technical reports [PDF]. Retrieved from https://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/DIS_TechnicalReports/article/view/10089

McTighe, J., & Wiggins, G. (2012). Understanding by Design Framework [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/siteASCD/publications/UbD_WhitePaper0312.pdf