Instructional Design
By Meegie Wheat and Xzandria Toombs
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw
By: Courtney Felton
SCARF is a social neuroscience based model introduced by Dr. David Rock in 2008. It has been widely used in management contexts but also has applications in education. The SCARF model includes 5 domains: Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, and Fairness. Considering each of the five domains when designing a course increases student engagement in an often isolating online environment.
By: Randi Kirkland
Authentic assessments are those that require students to use skills and knowledge acquired in class to projects and scenarios they would encounter in their professional lives. Authentic assessments can be used in conjunction with traditional methods such as quizzes to assess or scaffold learning in multiple ways.
