The most important part of course design, online or mixed courses, is to ensure consistency between learning outcomes description, learning activities and form og assessment.

The development of a well designed course starts with setting goals for the students` learning outcome. It is also smart to set up such goals for the different parts of the course.

This will give the teachers a starting point for deciding on a syllabus and all activities and assessment included in the course. At the same time, this will provide the students with information about what is expected of them at the end of the course, thus helping them to structure their own learning during the course.

Assessment forms on the course (both during the course and the final assessment) should be based on the description of the learning outcome. Assessment activities should be as authentic as possible giving students the opportunity to demonstrate that they have achieved the desired learning outcome. Whenever possible, students should be able to do what they learn to do, not just write about how to do it.

Furthermore, all teaching and learning materials (books, videos, audio files etc) and learning activities should be chosen based on the desired learning outcome. You should only include resources and activities that directly supports the students in achieving the desired learning outcome and in their preparation for the final assessment.

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