Design Forward
An emergent exploration of critical instructional design.
Design Forward
Portfolio Part: Flexibility is key
Free Writing: Flexibility
Flexibility is key
In Design Forward, we talk a lot about flexibiliy and how we go about embracing a more emergent approach to teaching while still designing courses that feel coherent. What is the most rigidly structured class you teach or have taught in the past? If you were going to redesign this class to incorporate more flexibility and space for student choice and agency, how would you start? How do you think it would feel to teach this redesigned class compared to the existing version?
I think it is important to be flexible. By that I mean giving students choice. I often let student choose their own organizations to work on marketing plans. These can be small, medium, large etc. This gives them room to be creative and provides motivation.
