Construct a 1-2 page course definition with an accompanying alignment table for a nursing education course using a topic of your choice. Include a 1-2- page memo to a department supervisor that contains a rationale for the assessment and evaluation strategies you plan to use in the course.
Introduction
Assessing and evaluating program effectiveness requires you to understand the entire alignment of a course, from the way it is presented to potential learners to the final analysis of aggregated data.
Whenever you begin the process of designing a course, it is important to begin with the end in mind. Assessment and evaluation strategies are key elements of the design process.
How will the course fit in with a larger organizational outcome or continuing educational requirement?
What do you want your learners to know or do after they have completed the course?
How will you determine whether your learners have met your learning objectives?
Program outcomes and learning objectives create a framework to help you determine the learning activities and the types of assessment that will best tell you whether your objective has been met.
