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Competency-Based Design and Competency Frameworks

Competency mapping is a process of identifying key competencies needed to successfully carry out a specific job or set of tasks. Several competency frameworks (CF) for genomics and bioinformatics exist …

Summary of Week 2

In Week 2, you heard from professional trainers on how they applied pedagogical concepts explained in Week 1, to design and deliver their training courses, on various topics. You heard …

Course Design Checklist

We discussed course design elements throughout Week 1 Please find attached here a somewhat more detailed Course Design Checklist, that also lists some of the items relevant to design of …

Course Design Theories

Understanding how people learn informs how learning activities are designed. It is important to move beyond deciding what content will be included, to consciously design opportunities for students to construct …

Course Design Elements Part I

Designing training follows set of elements from justification, defining goals and objectives, design to developing a delivery and evaluation plan. As described in 1.16 training design models follow similar principles. …

Writing Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes are statements of what a learner is expected to know and be able to demonstrate at the end of a learning experience. Mahajan and Singh (2017), in a …