Lesson Design Template
Introduction
The purpose of the Lesson Design Template (LDT) is to establish foundation for the lesson that you are planning to take within your course. This document will
guide the planning, design, and development of your lesson. The LDT should be ideally updated through the course development to reflect any revisions to the
course design.
1. Lesson Information
Course Number/Name: Example: 605.741
Distributed Database Systems
Domain: Example: Computer Science Engineering
Topic being dealt in the Lesson: Example:
Audience: Example: 5th Semester CSE students
Course Instructor:
Instructor Email:
2. Lesson Description
In the space below, provide the description of your course.
Example: Through this lesson, an introduction to the concept of distributed database systems is provided. The exercises included in the lesson allow students to create
an example homogenous distributed database system and perform operations of read and write.
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3. Lesson Learning Objectives
In the space below, provide the course learning objectives. Course learning objectives are specific and measurable statements that describe what the students will
be able to do after completing this course.
Example:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
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Explain theoretical principles and practical approaches to create and maintain distributed database systems.
Write SQL statements to perform read/write operations within a distributed database system.
Design a distributed database system for a company having 5 branches located at different regions in a state.
4. Lesson Design
In the table below, replace the given example and provide the details of your lesson plan design. Make sure that you replace the example solution with your lesson
plan.
Instructional Strategies Aligned to LO
Lesson Learning
Objectives
Teaching Strategies with
Technology (mapped to
LO)
Learning Activities with
Technology (mapped to
LO)
Assessment Strategies aligned to LO
Technology Tools used along with their
Purpose
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By the end of this
module, you will be
able to:
1.1 – Discuss…
1.2 – Explain…
1.3 – Calculate…
1.4 – Apply…
1A: Introduction to
[Topic] (1.1, 1.2) –
voiceover PowerPoint
presentation
(Screencast)
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1B: Calculating the…
(1.3) –White board
demo + Moodle
Assignment
In a short TPS
assignment, students are
required to
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1C: Applying the [Topic]
to [Type of Problem]
(1.4) – designing a wiki
activity for collaborative
Screencast – Information Transmission
The presentation is
paused at __ points
to allow students to
discuss… (1.1)
TPS as an assignment strategy
Whiteboard - For demonstration of
calculation
Moodle – Assignment Submission
Think individually
about the initial part
of the calculation
Pair with neighbor
and refine the
solution
Share on the white
board the various
ways of arriving at
initial solution (1.2)
Later submit their
complete solutions
via Moodle(1.2)
Students complete a project that
requires them to calculate…and apply
[topic] to solving a scenario problem.
Wiki – For collaborative problem solving
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problem solving
(1.3, 1.4)
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