Defining digital curriculum in a new era of learning

Even after the events of the past two years, the meaning of what makes up digital curriculum is still a source of disagreement for some. Misalignment among educator roles concerning curriculum has far from disappeared, and in some cases, the gap has actually grown even larger, according to new research study.

While the bulk of educators are more positive about the state of their curriculum this year than before COVID-19, the theme of misalignment continues numerous locations, including:

Quality of Curriculum

Abbas Manjee, Co-Founder and CAO, KiddomAbbas Manjee is the Co-Founder and CAO of Kiddom.

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When teachers follow their curriculum and its resources to the letter, they are executing it with the highest fidelity. When teachers introduce outdoors resources into the curriculum, they carry out with lower fidelity.

Districts must house their core curriculum in a way that allows them to collect data on use, adoption, and pacing. Dynamic digital curriculum management provides school and district leaders instant access to crucial data around trainee efficiency and curricular fidelity.

For the second year in a row, roles further from the classroom (district leaders, school leaders) rated their own curriculum greater than those closer to the class (instructors and IT staff). Educators were the most downhearted about their materials, rating them at an average of 6.43, roughly 10 percent lower than the district leaders, who ranked their products the greatest.

Perhaps intuitively, roles closer to the students (teachers, IT staff, school management) find it much easier to measure curricular efficacy compared to other roles because they interact with students frequently. District leadership and curriculum or team leads tend to determine curriculum more quantitatively, based on numbers reflected in test and test scores.

Curricular Fidelity

When instructors and school/district leaders do not have alignment on curricular quality, students suffer. This disparity is a testimony to the fact that district and school leaders require better data and insight into the classroom. The initial step towards resolving this concern? Believing in the power of digital. Districts must house their core curriculum in a way that enables them to collect data on use, pacing, and adoption. Dynamic digital curriculum management gives school and district leaders instant access to key information around student efficiency and curricular fidelity.

What do we mean by curricular fidelity? When instructors follow their curriculum and its resources to the letter, they are implementing it with the highest fidelity. They execute with lower fidelity when teachers introduce outside resources into the curriculum.

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