I have been working furiously this week to develop outlines for professional development courses to be marketed to K-12 educators. The target number of six to seven courses (one to be delivered each week during June and July) are intended to provide local educators with continuing education credit as proof of ongoing professional development.
During this process I have been struck by the rapid pace required to design, market, and develop materials for continuing ed. courses as opposed to my work in teaching traditional college-credit courses. This increased speed seems more akin to the private sector with prolific development of course offerings being the desired outcome. Course content is not decided in committee. Specific learning objectives are not needed to justify pedagogy. Instead, the viability of a course is decided on what the content of the course delivers directly to the client, i.e. a new skill, a new lifestyle, or even something fun.
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