Travel with an itinerary: Learning and Teaching Plans

Learners reach the summit of a learning experience—the broad vista described by program outcomes—by navigating the detailed maps and itineraries provided by learning plans.  

One portion of the navigation system is performance-based learning which emphasizes providing learners with navigational insights in advance by telling them:

• What they will learn to do
• How they will learn to do it
• Howe they will bee assessed

‍WIDS learning plans provide learners with a performance-based learning guide that

• Links what they will learn to do
• With how they will learn
• And when they will know they have achieved competence

Effective learning plans

• Address one to three related competencies
• Link core abilities, competencies and learning objectives
• With learning activities and performance assessment
• Support the learning cycle, and
• Involve the learner in active learning strategies

With a detailed learning plan ‘map’ like this, learners are able to determine how the course activities will help them find their way to the summit.

Give yourself a guide, too—with teaching plans

WIDS teaching plans are developed in parallel with learning plans.  They allow you to document methodologies and strategies by adding instructional details such as:

• teaching notes
• learning materials
• learning supplies

Teaching notes can include:

• the duration of each activity
• options for universal learning design
• key points for guided activities, etc.

With a detailed teaching plan, you become an agile guide for the learners’ journey to the top.

When helping learners navigate to the program outcome summit, it helps to have maps for everyone. Contact us to learn how WIDS software can help you easily develop your learning and teaching plans.  

WIDS (Worldwide Instructional Design System) is a nonprofit organization that provides curriculum design software, consulting, and training services.