Client: Top-Tier University Professor

1. Review and assessment of their approach to course development and design, especially for online courses  
2. Development of best pedagogical path to meet their teaching objectives  
3. Implementation of tailored strategies to improve syllabus, students’ learning experience and assessment tools

Pedagogical horizon: 

• Face-to- face meetings to identify client’s pedagogical goals and create their pedagogical strategy to reach those goals.  
• Creation of a tailored Design Process Plan.  

Practical Implementation:  

• Identify, create and set up the best and most effective practical tools that will fit the client’s pedagogical persona.  
• Embed those tools into the client’s academic  context and educational platform to produce the most adequate learning experience for their students.
• Feedback loops to fine tune the desired outcomes.  

Practical Task Example from need n.2:

Design asynchronous sections for a master level class that are dynamic, engaging, informative and rigorous. 

Assumption: A well designed asynchronous section of a curse/class is an educational strategy that amplifies the in-class teaching. It should provide improvements in key learning areas such as:

• knowledge and knowledge-transfer 
• Engagement 
• retention/satisfaction  
• metacognitive skills 

An asynchronous element structured according to one of the most recent and evidence-based pedagogical approach known as “backward design” allows to better meet the learning outcomes associated to the class not just in terms of immediate performance ability (e.g. good assignment performance) but, more importantly, to provide learner with a long-term retention of their knowledge together with the ability of transfer it to multiple and different contexts: that is, to get away with real understanding of the topic. 

Together with the client we designed asynchronous sections that allow learners an “enlarged” time and space where they can: 

• practice their critical thinking skills
• develop their metacognitive abilities 
• enhance their autonomy 
• Give space to their creativity and be exposed to meaningful peer-interactions 

All in a continuous way.