Aligning your course with your learning objectives

The best course is one that is aligned around the course learning goals, which are called learning objectives. As you select your instructional materials, activities, and assessments, make sure that they connect to your learning objectives, and that they are sequenced in a way that allows your learners to build on the knowledge and skills they gain. 

As you plan your content, please be sure to keep culture in mind as well. Culture is something that draws on the practices, values, beliefs, and traditions of a specific group, and although we like to think of culture as something that occurs on a large scale, it also occurs within a small group. 

We'll be creating a culture in the course itself, and it's important to align the beliefs, values, and customs with the learning objectives as well in order to encourage a sense of inclusion and belonging. A culture of inclusion is particularly important in the case of the Moodle constructionist philosophy, which has interaction at its core, and where people learn from each other.