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Instructional Planning. If you build it, will they learn?. Why focus on design?. Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (controlled, thousands of students, 19 colleges ) Survey after 1 st and 4 th years
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Instructional Planning If you build it, will they learn?
Why focus on design? • Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (controlled, thousands of students, 19 colleges) • Survey after 1st and 4th years • The likelihood that freshmen returned to college increased 30% when students observed that instructors: • organized material • used time productively • explained directions • reviewed subject matter http://chronicle.com/article/What-Spurs-Students-to-Stay-in/129670/
Why focus on design? • Quality Matters quality standards/ rubrics • Course Design: • Measurable objectives • Alignment between objectives, instruction and assessment
Funny? SCHOOL: 2 + 2 = 4 HOMEWORK: 2 + 4 + 2 = 8 EXAM: Omar has 4 apples, his train is 7 minutes early, calculate the mass of the sun. http://imgfave.com/view/2179605?r=pin
Objective • Develop an instructional planning matrix that: • Describes instruction and assessment aligned to observable objectives. • Organizes activities into a logical sequence that has variety • Describes activities that can be completed within the timeavailable. • Includes active learning components
Planning matrix High-level summary
Create a logical sequence • Prior knowledge • Logistics
Add variety • Vary activity length (listen and retain 20 mins) • Vary type of activity
Is it realistic? Your development time? Your teaching time? Your student’s time?
Audiences • The audience for your objectives students • The audience for the rest of the plan you • And possibly… • Instructional design coach? • Colleagues you ask to review the plan? • Reviewers of your teaching portfolio?
Assessments tool TRACS tools • Web link in Learning Modules tool • Original text and pictures in Learning Modules tool • Forums tool
Check these out! • Later today • Objectives presentation • Hands-on practice • On your own • Syllabus: Planning matrix checklist • Workshop site: • Planning matrix template and samples • Finding and Creating Content module
Objectives Ungraded activities Graded activities 1 Resources Forums Assessments Assignments Learning Modules 2 3