EDF5687 Evidence-based instructional design
Faculty of Education
EDF5687 Evidence-based instructional design is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton. It needs EDF5684 and EDF5686.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF5687
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After EDF5687
No unit lists EDF5687 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in D6015 or D6017
Overview
In this unit, you will be introduced to evidence-based instructional tactics for teaching learners with diverse needs. We will explore child development from a behaviour analytic perspective, with an emphasis on communication, language, social, and emotional development. You will learn to select meaningful intervention goals and strategies based on the learners strengths, needs, preferences, supporting environments, risks, constraints, and social validity. We will explore how and when to use evidence-based instructional tactics (including shaping, chaining, discrete trial teaching, natural environment teaching, multiple exemplar instruction, and precision teaching) and how to use data to inform teaching decisions and clinical problem solving. We will also review strategies for promoting maintenance and generalisation of skills, with an emphasis on facilitating the social inclusion of our learners. This unit primarily aligns with sections 2G and 2H of the BACBs 5th Edition Task List.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | Blended |
| Second semester | Clayton | Blended |
Assessment
- Individual learning plan (2000 words or equivalent)Artefact50%
- Skill acquisition procedure (2000 words or equivalent)Artefact50%
- Directed online learning activitiesExerciseCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
interpret the results of behaviour analytic skills assessments
- 2
identify potential interventions based on assessment results and the best available scientific
evidence - 3
recommend intervention goals and strategies based on such factors as client preferences,
supporting environments, risks, constraints, and social validity - 4
identify select, and teach new behaviours using a variety of evidence-based teaching tactics
- 5
make data-based decisions about the effectiveness of teaching and the need for teaching
revision - 6
use procedures to promote maintenance and generalisation of behaviour change
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
• 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, plus 33 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
OR
• 45 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^
^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode.
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Erin Leif
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Erin Leif
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5687?
You need EDF5684 and EDF5686 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is EDF5687 offered?
In 2025, EDF5687 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5687?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5687 have an exam?
No. EDF5687 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.