NURS 610 Curriculum Design

This course is designed to provide an opportunity to explore how people learn and the various theories about learning which are fundamental to being able to develop effective educational plans. A variety of both traditional and non-traditional teaching and evaluation methodologies will be explored as well as appraising the four major components of the educator role: teaching, curriculum, information technology, and evaluation of students and programs. Covered in the class are the steps involved in test construction, with guidelines on how to develop test length, test difficulty, item formats, and scoring procedures. Also included are guidelines for assembling and administering a test and strategies for writing multiple-choice and multiple-response items. The educator role now synthesizes a broader range of scholarship which emphasizes discovery, integration, application, and the scholarship of teaching.