Share Paper: Designing a system to support curriculum design and student learning: 
understanding by design and flipped classrooms

  1. Chun-Yi Lin, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Monday, March 6 3:40 PM-4:00 PM Capitol B

Abstract: While education systems have begun shifting to a learner-centered paradigm, many middle schools in my local area remain in the teacher-centered paradigm. Taiwan's Ministry of Education recently proposed a key competencies framework, considered a learner-centered movement. Thus, this research project aims to develop an online system to support teachers' curriculum design and students' learning with a focus on the learner-centered paradigm of education. Design-based research is conducted through a close collaboration between the researcher and the local teachers to develop and refine the design theory. This paper presents the initial design principles to support (1) teachers' use of the understanding ...