Initial Phase: Build Strong Primary Components
The initial phase of the design process calls for the teacher to build strong primary components— the
learning goals, feedback and assessment measures, and teaching and learning activities shown earlier in Figure
3.1. These components must be built properly because they form the basis for the rest of the design
process. And this initial phase begins by examining various situational factors and determining which of them
may be significant in a particular course.
Step #1: Identify Important Situational Factors
*"hen designing a new Course or redesigning an old one, the first step needs to be a careful review of
situational factors that may affect the three key decisions. If you skip over this step or do a superficial job, you
increase the chances of ending up with a course that doesn’t work for the students involved, doesn’t meet
the needs of the curriculum, d0esn’t fit the teacher, or otherwise misses the mark. Hence it is important to
take the time necessary to carefully review a number of potentially important factors and determine which
of them need to be kept in mind during the rest of the design process.
Steps in Integrated Course Design