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An overview of good instructional development: In a nutshell, the backwards process In writing curriculum or developing instructional tasks the following need to be considered. If you use the metaphor of those mylar pictures in textbooks that showed the varied layers of topography, or parts of the human anatomy, then writing curriculum is a similar process it is like developing a series of layers until it becomes a whole picture.

French university École 42 torches the instruction manual on how to educate software engineers. It eliminates teachers. It doesn't make students memorize facts, or even buy books. There's no syllabus or curriculum to be found anywhere in the school's Paris headquarters. And to top it off, it doesn't charge students any tuition or fees.

"Instructional designers, like web developers in the '90s, historically had expertise in conveying content through a limited set of tools and platforms, such as a learning management system (LMS). LX designers, in contrast, merge design-thinking principles with curriculum development and the application of emerging technologies to help faculty tailor content to student behaviors and preferences. It cuts across disciplines and moves beyond the LMS: LX designers embrace graphic design, multimedia production, research-based standards and social media. They are partners to faculty throughout the program and course development process."