Chapter 15 - Module Drafting

1. Chapter 15 - Module Drafting Gwen A. Little CEP 807 - Powerpoint Presentation 10/14/98

2. Every module includes • an objective • skill check description • description of relevance, practice and feedback

3. Drafting a module • Depends on how instruction will be delivered • Examples • Use audiotape - write a script • In print -write so student can read • By computer -draft individual screens • By teacher -do a lesson plan

4. Module Floor Plan - P. 162 • Big Picture - show students where they are in larger scheme of things (Always included) • Objective - show objectives to accomplish in terms student can understand (Always included) • Skill check description - describe what students must do to demonstrate mastery of objective • Relevance - explain and/or demonstrates why accomplishment of objective important to students (Always included) • Demonstration - show what students will look like when performing objective (As needed) • Instruction - teach students what they need to know before they practice the objective (As needed)

5. Floor Plan cont’d. • Practice/Feedback - provide practice in objective along with information about performance and progress (Always included) • Self-check - give student a way to check whether they’re ready to demonstrate their ability to perform as objective requires (As needed)

6. Please note…. • Floor plans are not media specific can be followed no matter who or what presents the instruction • Different lessons will have different floor plans because different objectives need different module components to accomplish them

7. Using Existing Material • Don’t reinvent the wheel • Use existing material but only the parts that are important to accomplish objectives • Example - Textbook • -seldom need entire text, portion of text will usually be used in a sequence other than one in which it is written

8. How to Draft a Module • Review items on practice description along with module objective • Locate existing instructional material, compare with objectives of module that they are intended for • Write objective as it will be presented to the students • Write practice feedback section • say where can get practice equipment • tell them what to do with equipment • tell how to evaluate practice performance

9. How to cont’d. • Write a description that will show why it’s important to the student to develop the competence describe by the objectives • If you need to instruct before students will be ready to practice and if presenting instruction mainly by lecture, draft a lesson plan • Include directions that will tell students what to do • make sure that the module directs the student to the instructional sources and to the practice • Write what students should do to demonstrate their achievement of the objective

10. The Lesson Plan • Prescribe key events that should occur during the module • Tells activities the instructor and student may engage in to reach objectives of course • Equipment and Material List • a ready checklist that will be needed for completing the lesson

11. Implementation Instructions • Why are they important • Instruction would sit there and gather dust • misuse - may cause damage to self or others • Instruction needs to be accompanied by whatever directions/instructions that will allow others to follow the same implementation steps that you do

12. To make sure your instruction works • Teach things not known • Provide instructions needed to get students ready to practice objectives • Provide practice and feedback • Take steps to find out whether the student can perform as desired