The document discusses planning sessions for curriculum design. It emphasizes writing session learning outcomes, organizing content, and involving students. Key aspects of session planning include determining outcomes, sequencing content, selecting pedagogical approaches, engaging students through questions, and creating a time schedule. Effective session design considers links between curriculum, courses, and individual sessions.

1. SESSION PLANNING
Anup K Singh, PhD

2. Curriculum Design
Course Design
Session Design

3. Design
Development
Delivery

4. Curriculum Design 408/08/14
Programme Architecture
 Learning outcomes
 Balance between theoretical and applied
outcomes
 Number of courses, workshops and other
learning events
 Pedagogical approach
 Participant’s load
 Learning units
 Balance between different types of faculty

5. Curriculum Design 508/08/14
Session Planning
 What are session outcomes?
 Content to be covered
 Readings/ chapter/ ppt/ video/ etc.
 Sequencing of content (theory wise,
chronological, examples to be covered)
 Pedagogy for content delivery
 Questions to be raised (student
involvement)
 Time schedule

6. Curriculum Design 608/08/14
Student Engagement
 Ask questions (Identify students in
advance)
 Effective eye contact with everyone the
classroom
 Which CAT to be used
 Encourage discussions in pairs and
triads
 Check whether students have done
pre-read
 Using student expertise

7. Other Issues
 Sequencing of the sessions
 Especial handling of first and last
session
 Determining learning units
 Balancing highly informative and less
informative sessions
 Creating student interest

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Learning Outcomes for Session
on Session Planning
After Undergoing This Session, the
Participants Will Be Able To:
 To describe links among curriculum,
courses and sessions
 To write session wise learning outcomes
 To develop ways to organise contents
 To time the session
 To involve students in a session

9. Time Schedule
 Total Time 120 Minutes
 15 Minutes for General Discussion
 30 Minutes for Session Planning
 30 Minutes for Sharing
 15 Minutes for Comments
 20 Minutes for My Presentation
 10 Minutes for Formal Q & A and Wrap Up

10. Questions To Be Raised
 What is the relationship between the curriculum and various
courses?
 What is the relationship between the course and various
sessions?
 Is there any difference between session preparation and
session planning/design?
 Can a session be redesigned?
 What does it involve to design a session?
 How can an instructor involve students in a session?
 How can session design help you as an instructor?
 What stops you from designing a session?

11. Blackboard Plan
 Blackboard coverage as the collection
of takeaways from the session
 Contents to be displayed on the
blackboard
 Organisation of contents on the
blackboard
 Summarising the discussions of
classroom on the blackboard
 Using full space of the blackboard

12. Use of Audio-visual Aids
 Collection and selection of videos for
the session
 Deciding the timing and sequence of
audio-video aids in the session
 Editing and mixing videos, if so
required
 PPT – length and variety

13. Managing Content in the
Session
 Theoretical approach
 Inductive approach
 Deductive approach
 Lecture
 Structured
 Spontaneous
 Deciding takeaways
 Summarising at the end of the session
 Leaving it open for the students

14. Using LMS for session plan
 Upload pre-read and presentation for
the session in advance
 Use voting on debatable issues
 Seek students’ views on the topic of the
session
 Conduct a quiz
 May write session outcomes
 Can upload additional information and
readings for the session

15. Managing Reading/s
 Identify the difficulty level of the reading
 Compute student’s load for a reading
 Emphasise pre-read and check it
 Specify pages if reading is long

16. Some Additional Tips
 Make a file (both electronic and real) for each
session
 Collect scholarly, practical, journalistic, artistic
(picture, cartoon, etc.) and literary information on
the session
 Write a log for the session
 Ask a colleague to audit the session
 Relate session content with personal experience
 Integrate the session with previous and next
sessions
 Innovate something the next time