Crafting a Consistent Model of Instruction for Teaching Across Modalities

Abstract

Accrediting bodies require consistency in evaluation, measurement, and teaching across modalities. Simultaneously, mission-driven education is a priority whereby program goals and course level outcomes consistently reflect the mission at the classroom level. With the prevalence of online teaching, educators need to convert in-person classes to other formats while maintaining consistency that aligns with the school's mission. This is challenging because some classes are not a natural candidate for online. This chapter presents a conceptual model of instruction for teaching across modalities for any course to align the assurance of learning process so that the class level will reflect mission, program, and course-level outcomes across modalities. It is an instructional model that classifies educational course goals and objectives by providing a systematic, organizational structure that can be utilized for teaching any subject as in-person, online, or hybrid.