Instructional Design Models Are Designed Systems That Focus

Although I am more of an auditory learner, I enjoyed creating the mind map in Lesson seven. I noticed that in the past I would have a hard time elaborating on subjects when writing my

Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe Backward Design Why “backward” is best Deliberate and focused instructional design requires us as teachers and curriculum writers to make an important shift in our thinking about the nature of our job. The shift involves thinking a great deal, first, about the specific learnings sought, and the evidence of such learnings, before thinking about what we, as the teacher, will do or provide in teaching and learning activities. Though considerations about what to teach and how to teach it may dominate our thinking as a matter of habit, the challenge is to focus first on the desired learnings from which appropriate teaching will logically follow.

When it came to designing the concept map, each member of my group had great insight and contribution to what would be included in the map in a healthy, upbuilding, cooperative, way. This came easily when we opened our mind to the fact that both the building of the robot, and the robot itself could be used by students to enhance learning through

The following figure (see Figure A1) shows the concept map task creation use case. An instructor can create a concept map task and name it, add a concept mapping question to the task, update a question in the task, delete a question from the task and view a question in the task, as well as change attributes for a question in the task.

PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS After spending a lot of time observing the ADDIE model I think this type of structure is very beneficial in helping me keep consistency across my training plan. Analyse, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate are all great key steps to keep focus for course development. If I approach any lesson plan and implement the ADDIE model it’s going to be beneficial in giving my plan a good foundation and I can build around it.

Introduction According to Smith and Ragan (2008) “Instructional Design is a process in which many items of materials are developed, designed, and delivered” (Smith and Ragan 2008). Instructional design has given me information on strategies to develop effective lesson plans in which will support my students to be fully engaged with

315-317) was used throughout the lesson in order to give the students an example of how to use the strategies that were taught. Before children would work on assignments alone, the teacher would model exactly what is expected of them, and keep examples of what was modeled during the lesson so the students could look back to it if they need to. Read-alouds (Cooper, 2015, p. 37) were used in this lesson to really help children to focus on certain topics of the text. “Sometimes the best way to help children understand a particular piece of text is to read it aloud to them and discuss it with them” (Cooper, 2015, p. 37). Think-alouds (Cooper, 2015, p. 30) were incorporated into this lesson when trying to explain how to use the strategy of character mapping. Think-alouds are a great way to explain to students how to use a specific skill or strategy so that they can have a better time comprehending it. Semantic maps (Cooper, 2015, p.83) were used in this lesson for brainstorming ideas from the text to later reference when making illustrations and creating short responses to the text. This strategy is also a great tool for second-language-learners because it helps to narrow down the specific parts in the text to help create more details of the topic being taught. Cooperative “popcorn” sequencing(Annenburg Learner, 2015) was used in the lesson to allow a variety of students to participate in the

Leadership Capacity—10-15 minutes Review the document (attached) from the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) 10 Skills for Successful School Leaders. These skills apply to any school leadership position. As you pursue this department chair position, select (2) skills that are areas of strength. Select (1) skill

Universal Design in Education According to the Universal Design in Education: An Online According to the article The Impact of Universal Design for Learning Instruction on Lesson Planning:

The purpose of this paper is to provide the author's self-evaluation of her overall performance and participation in the EDF 538, Instructional Design Summer 2015 course. The self-evaluation serves a two-fold purpose. First, it reflects the author's ability to honestly evaluate her "commitment to learning." Second, the paper serves as a tool for author reflection and notice for improvement.

Here our focus is on Concept Development. Concept Development looks at the ways teachers use instructional discussions to promote children’s higher-order thinking skills and cognition rather than using rote instruction and recall of facts. One-way is to ask how and why questions as a way to help the children gain a deeper understanding of concepts and develop thinking skills. In this video, the children are comparing bugs and animals. You encourage the children to think about the differences by asking, “Why do you think this is an animal?” This question encourages the children to use their critical thinking skills.

M. E. Vey ED5992-01 M. Medley, Ph.D. June 10, 2013 Executive Summary The three-week introduction to instructional design (changed from two weeks) for the four department heads can be produced and taught in three months at a proposed cost of $40340 (or approximately 50808 less 20%). The technology includes the in-house learning management system along with audio/video (a/v) design beginning with a prototype. Based on this examination, this project can expand the effectiveness and efficiency of instruction at Ged’s World.

During class, the instructional model I believe matches closely with the instructions we received was the cooperative learning strategy. According to our class readings the instructions given to us possessed the following characteristics; working in small groups, group reports, social skills, as well as individual and group accountability. Students were paired up based on matching numbers; they then went over that specified instructional model. That is where individual accountability and social skills takes part. Groups had to work together to come up with what they thought were the five most important points. Most groups divide the work up. After groups decided what were the most important they then shared with the class.

Teaching with purpose to have a desired outcome is one perspective to examine Dr. Robert Marzano’s book The Art and Science of Teaching. The instructional situation that I am familiar with is elementary. As I examine Marzano’s ten instructional design questions, that represent a logical planning sequence for effective instructional design, I will use elementary lenses.

The quality of teaching and learning in mathematics is a key challenge for teachers. It is important for teachers to adopt instructional design techniques to achieve higher accomplishment in mathematics (Rasmussen & Marrongelle, 2006). Instructional design alone cannot produce better learning and achievement. The instructional designer must know critical factors that influence student learning and build a bridge between goals and student performance. Identifying these factors will help to utilize limited resources including financial resources and time more effectively