Continuous Quality Improvement of Writing Assignments: A Process for Faculty Development

This article describes a four-step instructional design framework to assist nursing faculty with development of writing assignments. The framework encourages faculty to design assignments with a purpose, objectives, directions, and evaluation (PODE). Use of the PODE framework may reduce faculty frustration with students' writing assignments and allow for continuous quality improvement of assignments and students' writing skills. Faculty who have used the framework found it useful to improve development, assessment, and revision of course assignments, resulting in better work from students.