Design Your First Cohort Based Course
Design Your First Cohort Based Course
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2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
CBCs are transforming online education. Apply proven tactics from experts in the CBC domain to improve student outcomes and scale revenue.
Design Your First Cohort Based Course
10.0
(3 ratings)
2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
CBCs are transforming online education. Apply proven tactics from experts in the CBC domain to improve student outcomes and scale revenue.
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Hosted by
Dr Aruna K | Educator, ex-Harvard and Gautham | Founder, $10M+ ed-tech startup
Course overview
Switch to Cohort Based Courses and 10x Your Course Revenue
By the end of this course you will have
- the first draft of your CBC-ready micro lesson
- had experts 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
Who is this course for?
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Experienced educators who wish to create their first online cohort based course
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Creators of MOOCs and other online courses who wish to launch their first live premium CBC
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Domain experts looking to launch their online teaching career
Topics covered
Curriculum Design
Use backward design methods to thoughtfully craft a student-centered curriculum that enables achievement of specific learning outcomes.
Active Learning Techniques
Today’s students have fleeting attention spans. Learn creative and effective methods to collectively engage students with the course material, their peers and you, the instructor.
Assessment
Assessments provide valuable feedback about teaching effectiveness.
Learn innovative and fun methods to assess learning outcomes.
Online Native Teaching
Modern day tooling allows you to deliver immersive online learning experiences and create ‘aha’ moments for students. Discover and learn to use the best tools of the trade.
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Course Leads
Dr Aruna K | Educator, ex-Harvard
Co-Founder, HowToCBC
Aruna has taught STEM courses at college and high school levels both in the US and India for 7+ years. In her previous avatar, Aruna was an astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University.
Aruna takes an active interest in evidence-based teaching, active learning, neuroscience and all things education & technology.
Gautham | Founder, $10M+ ed-tech startup
Co-Founder, HowToCBC
Gautham has been a serial entrepreneur in the ed-tech domain for over 8 years.
After launching his first Cohort Based Course back in 2015, he went on to start Pupilfirst.org where Cohort-Based Courses (CBCs) in over 10 different domains have been launched. Over 5000 students have been trained by Pupilfirst across 16 cohorts till date.
At HowToCBC, he's now on a mission to enable 10,000 creators design and launch their first Cohort Based Course.
Course Structure
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Find Market - Course - Teacher Fit
Meet your cohort.
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.
- Distill specific target student persona
- Describe course offering
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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.
What will the student be able to demonstrate
- by the end of the course?
- by the end of each lesson?
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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.
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Design a CBC Ready Micro Lesson 1: 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
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Design your CBC Ready Micro Lesson 2: Facilitation and Delivery
Delivery and engagement are key.
- Learn best practices for creating safe spaces
- Optimise tech tools to create impactful online native teaching moments
- Effectively engage student community online
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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.
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Learning is better with cohorts
Active learning, not passive watching
This course focuses on live, interactive sessions and hands-on projects
Learn with your peers
You’ll be learning in public through breakout rooms, discussions and an engaged community
Grow with your cohort
Surround yourself with like-minded people who want to grow alongside you
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