Design Your First Cohort Based Course
By the end of this course, you will have
the first draft of your CBC-ready micro lesson
had an expert handhold you through the best practices of CBC creation and delivery
had rich interactions with other fellow CBC creators
attended Q&A sessions with CBC creators
Kira Gai
Aruna and Gautham teach you in a quick format on key aspects of engaging online course design. Excellent combination of theoretical input and applying the knowledge yourself. I designed a micro lesson according to backward design theme incl. learner outcomes and got valuable feedback on how to improve. Highly recommend taking this course!
Rachel Hoeft
This course empowered me to take my own CBC to the next level with tons of easy to apply knowledge. It is fast-paced and intimidating at first, but forces you to get ideas down on paper so you can start building your options, which I appreciated. Peer feedback and 1:2 with Aruna and Gautham were very helpful. I highly recommend this course!
Shanak Rahman
My company is interested in offering CBCs so I attended this course hoping to understand the process to design one, and also learn best practices of running it. I learned both of these in a very short amount of time - Gautham and Aruna are amazing instructors and they have packed a wealth of knowledge into this course. Highly recommend it!
Rodolfo Sagahon
Overall the course was a great experience. The level of demand and pace of the classes was just right for a first-time CBC course creator. Both Aruna and Gautham were very involved in my personal learning. The office hours, their personal follow-up and feedback on the workbook were very useful. I now feel more confident about running my own course.
Who is this course for?
Upcoming Cohorts starts on May 23rd, 2022.
Curriculum
| Day | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find Market - Course - Teacher Fit | Let’s start off with the essentials. Learn how to choose your area of expertise. Hone in on your target audience. Create a compelling course offering for your target audience so you’re ready to bring your course to the world. Describe course offering and distill specific target student persona. |
| 2 | Enlist Course Learner Outcomes and Develop your Syllabus | Time to map out the transformational journey your students will take. Define course objectives and use your course objectives to outline a course syllabus. Arrive at what the student will be able to demonstrate by (1) the end of the course and (2) the end of each lesson. |
| 3 | 360-degree Evaluation | Creating systems of feedback is essential to continue improving your course. Apply frameworks for evaluating the course and instructor metrics. Assess student performance and create rubrics. |
| 4 | Design a CBC Ready Micro Lesson - Content | Begin mapping out your micro lesson. Create a micro lesson outline and content plan. Split into asynchronous and synchronous parts. Choose the learning methods you want to use. Design one activity to teach one topic of your interest. |
| 5 | Design your CBC ready micro lesson 2: Facilitation and Delivery | Delivery and engagement are key. Learn best practices for creating safe spaces. Optimize tech tools to create impactful online native teaching moments. Learn to effectively engage student community online. |
| 6 | Demo Day & Graduation! | The best learning always happens through doing. Present a small sample of a real class you would conduct in your CBC and get peer and instructor feedback. |
May 23rd to June 3rd
$600
Six Live Sessions. 90 mins each.12 noon EST on Monday, Wednesday, FridayBonus 1:1 Office Hours