This blog post is prepared by members of DYOM LC (find more in About Us).

This blog post aims at introducing Backward Design to prepare a DYOM.

Wiggins and McTighe (2005) describe a method to designing a module where the learning outcomes are formulated at first. Once the learning outcomes have been formulated, the assessment is designed. Lastly, the learning activities are designed to achieve the intended learning outcomes in a way that allow assessment.

This method has proved successful in a DYOM. This method can be operationalised using the template below.