CONTENT PEDAGOGY - ELEMENT 3: ASSESSING/EVALUATION
Candidates will demonstrate an inquiry process that evaluates the adequacy of learning, instruction and the implementation of educational technologies.
Artifact: Flipped Classroom, Zaption Assignment
GDIT 631: Instructional Techniques, Fall 2015
Write out in detail the next step in the flipped process--the application phase. Some guiding questions:
What are the goals for that class and overarching topic?
How will the class be structured?
What types of activities will be executed?
How will you assess the learning?
What is the end result?
Candidates will demonstrate an inquiry process that evaluates the adequacy of learning, instruction and the implementation of educational technologies.
Artifact: Flipped Classroom, Zaption Assignment
GDIT 631: Instructional Techniques, Fall 2015
Write out in detail the next step in the flipped process--the application phase. Some guiding questions:
What are the goals for that class and overarching topic?
How will the class be structured?
What types of activities will be executed?
How will you assess the learning?
What is the end result?
Reflection:
The inquiry process is just that: a process. No one model can encapsulate inquiry-based education and the range it encompasses. It begins with the desire to discover. Meaningful questions are inspired by genuine curiosity about real-world experiences. Having the ability to ask, investigate, create, discuss, and then reflect on various instructional techniques that involve the implementation of educational technologies ensures the type of learning environment that provides students with the tools and skills possible in order to be successful life-long learners. Personally, through use of this standard throughout the program, I was able to grow in my understanding of the power of simply asking questions in order to further seek out information in order to choose the most appropriate technologies for particular learners/learning environments, such as an inclusion classroom with diverse student abilities. I was able to see the growth through the inquiry process. Professionally, this process has allowed my research skills to grow, as well as confidence in the application of such research in order to best implement technology into a particular learning environment, such as a flipped classroom model for pre-service education candidates. This impacts students in several ways. Students are able to feel included in the inquiry process by asking questions themselves, and applying what they have learned through the process to best meet their individual learning needs. Zaption and the Flipped Classroom Model also provides instructors and students the opportunity to include questions and discussions on content being addressed in the videos through the inquiry process. Instructors can evaluate how their students interpreted the video content with Zaption's analysis tool, where they can see all the student's responses, which provides them with the knowledge of what needs to be further explored and how students interpreted the content. I feel this provides students will a sense of empowerment and ownership of their learning by using such a process with personal experiences. Students also gain knowledge on working and understanding their peers wth diverse learning styles/needs and how they can help to provide a positive and inviting environment.
The inquiry process is just that: a process. No one model can encapsulate inquiry-based education and the range it encompasses. It begins with the desire to discover. Meaningful questions are inspired by genuine curiosity about real-world experiences. Having the ability to ask, investigate, create, discuss, and then reflect on various instructional techniques that involve the implementation of educational technologies ensures the type of learning environment that provides students with the tools and skills possible in order to be successful life-long learners. Personally, through use of this standard throughout the program, I was able to grow in my understanding of the power of simply asking questions in order to further seek out information in order to choose the most appropriate technologies for particular learners/learning environments, such as an inclusion classroom with diverse student abilities. I was able to see the growth through the inquiry process. Professionally, this process has allowed my research skills to grow, as well as confidence in the application of such research in order to best implement technology into a particular learning environment, such as a flipped classroom model for pre-service education candidates. This impacts students in several ways. Students are able to feel included in the inquiry process by asking questions themselves, and applying what they have learned through the process to best meet their individual learning needs. Zaption and the Flipped Classroom Model also provides instructors and students the opportunity to include questions and discussions on content being addressed in the videos through the inquiry process. Instructors can evaluate how their students interpreted the video content with Zaption's analysis tool, where they can see all the student's responses, which provides them with the knowledge of what needs to be further explored and how students interpreted the content. I feel this provides students will a sense of empowerment and ownership of their learning by using such a process with personal experiences. Students also gain knowledge on working and understanding their peers wth diverse learning styles/needs and how they can help to provide a positive and inviting environment.