This assignment asks for five lesson plan components with one online resource related to each chosen component. I have found five interesting sites, explained my rational for each site and described how they will help improve my instruction.
1. Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Having good classroom management skills are important when creating a positive learning environment. Adult learners tend to bring past classroom management experiences to the classroom; therefore, it is important for teachers to bring their classroom rules, set their standards and state their expectations to aid in the class running smoothly.
This article provides general rules for effective classroom management: creating well-defined rules, establishing an objective-orientated environment, providing immediate feedback and stating clear expectations of responsibility.
I will use these general rules in my classroom moving forward as we have multiple facilitators with different classroom management styles.
2. Characteristics of Adult Learners
This article has 8 Adult Learner traits in one convenient location, which will remind me of the things I need to keep in mind when storyboarding. I will also share this article with my team and ask them to keep these traits in mind.
Being an eLearning designer, we don’t see the learners face to gauge the level of understanding and interest, so it is even more important for me to review these traits during the storyboarding phase to ensure maximum learning and transfer of knowledge.
3. Assessment
This article talks about the difference between a diagnostic assessment, formative assessment and a summative assessment.
Final exams have always been my only means of assessment, and this article provides the reasons for incorporating the different types of assessments throughout a course. Using all three assessments will provide me with a broader picture of the learner’s performance. I will be able to use the assessment data to back up my conversation regarding the various knowledge and skill gaps and recommend possible eLearning modules to close those gaps.
4. Media
This YouTube video talks about various types of media used in creating eLearning courses. One type of media discussed is visuals. Along with narration, visuals are used as the main tool to communicate content and engage learners.
We do use narration from time to time in our modules; however, due to the content frequently changing we mostly use visuals and text. I will be sharing this video with my team as a reminder how visuals are to be supporting our content to enhance the learning, not overpowering the content and distracting the learner. This is a great video and a must watch for those creating eLearning.
5. Planning
Objectives are an important part of the Instructional Design planning process. Writing measurable, observable and specific objectives can seem daunting at times; however, following this ABCD method makes it much easier and breaks the objective into pieces. A stands for your target audience. B stands for behavior or an action verb. C stands for the objective condition and D stands for the degree of achievement (acceptable criteria).
This site is very useful for objective writing assistance. It provides a variety of action verbs (based on the three domains of learning and their levels) and examples.
Resources:
(Adult Classroom Management Techniques, August 12, 2013). Retrieved from
http://www.tesall.com/tesol-teaching/adult-classroom-management-techniques/
Pappas, C (May 8, 2013). 8 Important Characteristics of Adult Learners. Retrieved from http://elearningindustry.com/8-important-characteristics-of-adult-learners
Northern Illinois University, Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center (n.d.). Formative and Summative Assessment. Web. 12 Sept 2015. Retrieved from http://www.azwestern.edu/learning_services/instruction/assessment/resources/downloads/formative%20and_summative_assessment.pdf
Dornbusch, C. [FacilitadorTube] (2010, February 2). E-learning: How to deliver an engaging Virtual Classroom presentation [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxY22IhbaH4
Waller, Kathy V. Writing Instructional Objectives. Retrieved from http://www.naacls.org/docs/announcement/writing-objectives.pdf
1. Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Having good classroom management skills are important when creating a positive learning environment. Adult learners tend to bring past classroom management experiences to the classroom; therefore, it is important for teachers to bring their classroom rules, set their standards and state their expectations to aid in the class running smoothly.
This article provides general rules for effective classroom management: creating well-defined rules, establishing an objective-orientated environment, providing immediate feedback and stating clear expectations of responsibility.
I will use these general rules in my classroom moving forward as we have multiple facilitators with different classroom management styles.
2. Characteristics of Adult Learners
This article has 8 Adult Learner traits in one convenient location, which will remind me of the things I need to keep in mind when storyboarding. I will also share this article with my team and ask them to keep these traits in mind.
Being an eLearning designer, we don’t see the learners face to gauge the level of understanding and interest, so it is even more important for me to review these traits during the storyboarding phase to ensure maximum learning and transfer of knowledge.
3. Assessment
This article talks about the difference between a diagnostic assessment, formative assessment and a summative assessment.
Final exams have always been my only means of assessment, and this article provides the reasons for incorporating the different types of assessments throughout a course. Using all three assessments will provide me with a broader picture of the learner’s performance. I will be able to use the assessment data to back up my conversation regarding the various knowledge and skill gaps and recommend possible eLearning modules to close those gaps.
4. Media
This YouTube video talks about various types of media used in creating eLearning courses. One type of media discussed is visuals. Along with narration, visuals are used as the main tool to communicate content and engage learners.
We do use narration from time to time in our modules; however, due to the content frequently changing we mostly use visuals and text. I will be sharing this video with my team as a reminder how visuals are to be supporting our content to enhance the learning, not overpowering the content and distracting the learner. This is a great video and a must watch for those creating eLearning.
5. Planning
Objectives are an important part of the Instructional Design planning process. Writing measurable, observable and specific objectives can seem daunting at times; however, following this ABCD method makes it much easier and breaks the objective into pieces. A stands for your target audience. B stands for behavior or an action verb. C stands for the objective condition and D stands for the degree of achievement (acceptable criteria).
This site is very useful for objective writing assistance. It provides a variety of action verbs (based on the three domains of learning and their levels) and examples.
Resources:
(Adult Classroom Management Techniques, August 12, 2013). Retrieved from
http://www.tesall.com/tesol-teaching/adult-classroom-management-techniques/
Pappas, C (May 8, 2013). 8 Important Characteristics of Adult Learners. Retrieved from http://elearningindustry.com/8-important-characteristics-of-adult-learners
Northern Illinois University, Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center (n.d.). Formative and Summative Assessment. Web. 12 Sept 2015. Retrieved from http://www.azwestern.edu/learning_services/instruction/assessment/resources/downloads/formative%20and_summative_assessment.pdf
Dornbusch, C. [FacilitadorTube] (2010, February 2). E-learning: How to deliver an engaging Virtual Classroom presentation [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxY22IhbaH4
Waller, Kathy V. Writing Instructional Objectives. Retrieved from http://www.naacls.org/docs/announcement/writing-objectives.pdf