The Importance of Backwards Design in Online Instruction

When teaching at the higher ed level, ninth or 12th grade level, there comes a certain point where maybe you have hit a level of subject matter expertise. And that's why we rely on things like the QM rubric because it walks us through that process and shows us where maybe our gaps are. You do always want students to know the basic facts, but you also want them to be able to do something with those basic facts,. Besides just regurgitated on an exam. Right?