Benefits of Customizing Professional Development

Benefits of Customizing Professional Development

Teachers aim to make instruction more learner centered, so why aren’t we doing the same for educators when planning professional development? If you want to provide your teachers with the most effective professional development, creating a customized PD program is the...

Learning Objectives, Outcomes, or Competencies: Does It Really Matter?

Instructional designers and curriculum developers can spend hours arguing about fine distinctions between terms such as “learning objectives,” “learning outcomes,” or “skill-based competencies.” These arguments usually focus on differences in breadth, specificity,...