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education product design and development cornerstones - education standards, teaching strategies, and student engagement
Adhering to a few basic fundamentals in your development process...

...can go a long way toward ensuring that your finished product meets the mark. Prior to development, devote some time and care to determining how teachers will use your product and what students will learn as a result. State and national education standards, effective teaching strategies, and appropriate student engagement—necessary ingredients for student learning—form the centerpiece of an effective product development process. Identify the most salient content standards to be addressed, the teaching strategies and "best practices" most suitable to the instructional delivery of that content, and the student experiences and backgrounds that form the fertile environment for creating meaning and engagement. There is no doubt that you will have to settle in at this point for some detailed research. However, the payoff will be worth it. The result? A cyclic flow of research-based learning approaches that support the targeted education standards while engaging and motivating students. It's not an afterthought...

 

Analyze  

Match product intentions with education standards and audience needs (e.g., teachers, parents, students). Research the strategies best suited for producing each desired content understanding. Identify the overlap—it's your "zone of design."

 

Design  

Determine product specifications, including overall structure and flow, and the sequence of instructional strategies and student learning that will result. Format templates for development of guides, handouts, and ancillary materials.

 

Develop  

Create the written, graphic, and accompanying product materials intended for distribution. Format and edit the draft according to the predetermined design specifications.

 

Iterate  

Review draft and final materials in an iterative manner that supports and enhances other established quality assurance procedures in your organization.

 

Modify  

Modify and polish product materials according to final review feedback, including pilot test data if such is determined to be part of the necessary design criteria.

 

student learning by original designOf course, as with any task of magnitude, the devil's in the details. We will, however, assume part or full development responsibilities, or work with you through any or all steps, to the extent most suited to your needs. Contact us to discuss the product you need to develop. Inquiries constitute no obligation.


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