Learning Technology Unit

Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences

The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland
New Zealand

Rapid Instructional Design Template

This template has been designed to help you to quickly and easily create learning episodes for your students. When you get to the
section on the teaching plan, start by specifying the learning outcome(s) for the module/topic and then complete each column for each
of the learning outcomes.

Teaching Context: What place does this development have in the wider teaching context? For example, are you developing a course,
activities that will form part of a course or just one activity for a particular lesson?

Learning Environment: Specify whether the learning environment is face-to-face, virtual or blended and make a note of
technologies that are available to you.

Learner Characteristics: e.g. their needs, motives for learning, prior experience of learning, social and interpersonal skills, learning
preferences and ICT competence.

Teaching Plan: Detail the proposed learning outcomes, activities, resources, supports, and the assessment method(s) for this
module/topic.
Learning Learning Learning Learning Supports (How will you Technologies Assessment
Outcome(s) Activities Resources support the students as they How will you use (How will you
(What do you want (What will (What materials undertake the learning activities?) technologies to assess whether
students to know, students do to or information Built into the Contributed facilitate student students have
understand, be able help them to will students course e.g. during the learning e.g. as a achieved the
to do by the end of achieve the draw on to instructions for course e.g. part of learning intended
this module/topic?) learning complete the completing responding to activities, to deliver learning
outcomes?) learning activities, marking student resources, to outcomes?)
activities?) rubrics. questions. provide support?
Learning Outcome 1
Learning Outcome 2
Learning Outcome 3
Evaluation: Provide details of how you will evaluate the effectiveness of this activity. For example, you might look at student pass
rates and/or carry out a course evaluation.

Reflection: Record your personal impressions along with any lessons that you learned from delivering this module/topic.

Select Bibliography
Oliver, R. & Herrington, J. (2003). Exploring technology-mediated learning from a pedagogical perspective. Journal of
Interactive Learning Environments, 11(2), 111-126.

Joint Information Systems Committee. (2009). Effective Practice in a Digital Age: A Guide to Technology-Enhanced Learning
and Teaching. Retrieved from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/effectivepracticedigitalage.aspx