Y1 Unit 6.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
Learning Objectives
- Determine a realistic timeline and weekly goals for chapter drafting.
- Review your outline and 2-4 openly licensed sources from your background scan to start drafting a chapter.
- Develop Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies to support chapter development.
Overview
In Unit 5, you developed your chapter outline, assessed ideas for culturally responsive teaching, and prepared for outside peer reviewers. During this unit – the last unit of the Textbook Accelerator – the Lead Author finalizes your {Course #} About This Book document before we send it out for review. In this unit we’ll also start discussing what’s next – drafting chapters of your textbook.
…BUT WAIT, there are plenty of reasons why you are not ready to start writing – including not having preliminary review feedback yet. We know, and that’s OK! There will always be new things to learn about your project that you’ll incorporate into revisions. There are many opportunities to revise and rewrite, and we have an ambitious timeline, so this is the right moment to start writing.
This unit has the information you need to get started writing chapters, including advice for all authors, an introduction to how we’ll write with equity in mind, and the logistics of exactly how you will use your outline and background scan to start your chapter drafts. In the next unit, we’ll start our first month-long unit of chapter writing, so read on to understand how we’ll approach this major task.
Task List with Time Estimates
The table below provides an overview of the tasks for this unit along with how long we expect each task to take.
| Y1 Unit 6 Tasks (Unit Duration – 1 week) | Estimated Time |
|---|---|
| Read Unit 6 – Starting a Chapter Draft | 45 minutes |
| Lead Author finalizes and submits the {Course #} About This Book document to Project Manager. | 2 hours |
| Each author copies the formatting of the template chapter doc for the first chapter you’ll work on. | 15 minutes |
| Review background scan to identify 2-4 openly licensed sources to add to your chapter doc. | 2 hours |
| Revise background scan content with universal design strategies for images or media, student engagement strategies, or links to external resources. | 2 hours |
| With the Project Manager, create a schedule and goals for all chapter drafts in the “Chapter Draft To-Dos” tab of the Deliverables spreadsheet. | 1 hour |
| Estimated total for all tasks over 1 week | 8-10 hours |
Licenses and Attributions for Learning Objectives and Overview
“Learning Objectives and Overview” by Open Oregon Educational Resources is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
