As a developer of online courses for higher education, I have learned the importance of designing BEFORE putting a course together. In the first course I designed years ago, I tried to take a face-to-face course and put the materials online and then felt I was done. I have come a long way since then....thank you NIU!
The following was my first attempt in a class to develop an instructional unit plan. I have my own template that I have no developed that includes drop downs and leads to suggested activities based on the verb chosen, but this format is one I also still use to begin planning a unit and outlining the key areas of planning. I also used this particular plan to develop a learning module for my educational technology course.