Chunking Your Content

Content Table
One way to think about chunking your content is to look at it from a spreadsheet or table perspective.

• How many weeks long is your course?
• What are the topics you will cover?
• How many modules for each topic?
• What are the critical components for each module?

Example One

	Topic/Module/Week	Topic/Module/Week	Topic/Module/Week	Topic/Module/Week
Readings
Discussion
Experience

Components for each module could include:

Readings Discussion Journal Experiments Simulation Group work Modeling

Assessment Quizzes Test Activities Problems Research (library or Web) Examples

Application Papers Portfolio Projects Lectures Lecture notes Case studies

Example Two
Multiple weeks per topic

	Module 1 Week 1	Module 1 Week 2	Module 1 Week 3	Module 2 Week 1
Examples
Activities
Quizzes

Can you think of other ways to do it?

What works best for you? Think about your content. Chunk it. Use Excel or a table in Word or your favorite web editor and share your chunking plan.

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