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Modularizing the Content

Divide the content of the course into manageable units.
Establish one “screenful” as the basic module of instruction.
Try to keep the student’s workload equal from screen to screen.

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We Agree

We think that Option A groups the concepts so that the amount of information and conceptual load will be nearly equal from screen to screen.
 

SCREEN 1
  • Importance of Forward Motion
  • Purpose of Wing Design
SCREEN 2
  • Air Pressure and Bernoulli’s Principle
SCREEN 3
  • How Lift Is Achieved
 
Try It

Use the text-entry field below to begin modularizing your course.

  1. Begin with the overall title of the course.
  2. Below the title, list the major divisions of the content as unit titles.
  3. Below each unit title, list the titles of chapters within it.
  4. Below each chapter title, list the titles of the individual screens that you plan to develop within the chapter.
Remember: the amount of information and conceptual load should be nearly equal from screen to screen. 

 

 NOTE: We’ve provided a text field for your convenience, but we suggest that you work in your favorite word-processing software, particularly if it offers an outlining feature.
Resources

To learn more about modularizing and outlining, consult the following:

Web Site
 

Powerpoint 98, the Minicourse maintained by Malcolm Brown of Dartmouth College.  (In particular, see the section beginning “A Presentation Is an Outline . . .”)
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