LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS - ELEMENT 4: Management
Candidates establish mechanisms for maintaining the technology infrastructure that learners interact with to improve learning and performance.
Artifact: Asynchronous Lesson Plan
Description:
GDIT 631: Instructional Techniques, Fall 2015
Once you have the lesson plan created, you are to develop the lesson using which displays:
The overview of your lesson (learning goals/objectives clearly stated). Don’t forget to clearly state the directions to your students—if the instructor isn’t there to tell them what to do, how will they know how to complete the lesson? You want them to know exactly what they are to do.
An opening activity to grab the attention of your students. This can be in the form of:
o Video with focus questions
o Blog or journal post (with prompt and place provided for students) o Mini activity
Direct instruction piece—teaching the students the material (think about how this can be engaging).
o At least one video (This can include videos outside of YouTube-- maybe you want to film yourself giving the directions?)
o Journal/Magazine Articles o Outside web resources
o Text within an eBook
o Supplemental resources for students to interact with as they are learning the material.
***I do not want you to simply list resources for your students to read. This is to be a lesson, but you as the instructor, are not present. Think about what resources you can include so that your students understand the material on their own.
A learning activity where students are required to “create” something to demonstrate what they’ve learned in your direct instruction piece.
o One screencast is required in the project! (Maybe you want to create one to show students a specific tool or how to go about completing the learning activity. If your Camtasia subscription ran out, you can use Jing or Screencast-o-Matic).
Engaging activities that enhance your lesson and keep the attention of the students
o You are required to use one tool we’ve discussed in class previously and one new tool that you have found independently
o Do not forget to make all of your links public so that I have access to them when grading your project.
Assessment
Candidates establish mechanisms for maintaining the technology infrastructure that learners interact with to improve learning and performance.
Artifact: Asynchronous Lesson Plan
Description:
GDIT 631: Instructional Techniques, Fall 2015
Once you have the lesson plan created, you are to develop the lesson using which displays:
The overview of your lesson (learning goals/objectives clearly stated). Don’t forget to clearly state the directions to your students—if the instructor isn’t there to tell them what to do, how will they know how to complete the lesson? You want them to know exactly what they are to do.
An opening activity to grab the attention of your students. This can be in the form of:
o Video with focus questions
o Blog or journal post (with prompt and place provided for students) o Mini activity
Direct instruction piece—teaching the students the material (think about how this can be engaging).
o At least one video (This can include videos outside of YouTube-- maybe you want to film yourself giving the directions?)
o Journal/Magazine Articles o Outside web resources
o Text within an eBook
o Supplemental resources for students to interact with as they are learning the material.
***I do not want you to simply list resources for your students to read. This is to be a lesson, but you as the instructor, are not present. Think about what resources you can include so that your students understand the material on their own.
A learning activity where students are required to “create” something to demonstrate what they’ve learned in your direct instruction piece.
o One screencast is required in the project! (Maybe you want to create one to show students a specific tool or how to go about completing the learning activity. If your Camtasia subscription ran out, you can use Jing or Screencast-o-Matic).
Engaging activities that enhance your lesson and keep the attention of the students
o You are required to use one tool we’ve discussed in class previously and one new tool that you have found independently
o Do not forget to make all of your links public so that I have access to them when grading your project.
Assessment
Reflection:
Throughout this program, I have learned that knowledge of infastructure is key to managing a successful learning environment. Infrastructure is a collection of physical or virtual resources that supports an overall IT environment: server, storage and network components. Currently, as technology use has become more widespread, and more technical knowledge is required to use technology, the need for educational technology specialists (also known as “technology coordinators” and “instructional support specialists”) in K– 12 schools, universities, and business and government organizations is even more pronounced than in the past. Colleges and universities typically have some version of a center for the support of faculty using technology. Beginning around 2000, there has been a trend toward creating new centers or reconfiguring old ones into the form of a teaching and learning technology center (TLTC). Hundreds of universities now support a one-stop shopping center where faculty can go to get help preparing technology-based instruction. Typically, according to Long (2001), these TLTCs combine the services of information technology support and faculty development, sometimes adding the library.
This PowerPoint presentation was extremely valuable in my work as an upcoming professional in the field of instructional technology. Personally, I grew to further my understanding of principles of multimedia learning such as the redundancy principle and signaling. These tools have continued to strengthen my facilitation skills in an online learning environment and can also be applied to face-to-face teaching. Professionally, I was able to apply such principles into my presentation in order to further demonstrate the importance to implementing best practices in multimedia learning. Students are impacted by engaging in environments that provide them with engaging activates, relevant information, and various tools that meet the needs of diverse learners.
Resource:
Long, P. D. (2001, June). Trends: Technology support trio. Syllabus, 8.
Throughout this program, I have learned that knowledge of infastructure is key to managing a successful learning environment. Infrastructure is a collection of physical or virtual resources that supports an overall IT environment: server, storage and network components. Currently, as technology use has become more widespread, and more technical knowledge is required to use technology, the need for educational technology specialists (also known as “technology coordinators” and “instructional support specialists”) in K– 12 schools, universities, and business and government organizations is even more pronounced than in the past. Colleges and universities typically have some version of a center for the support of faculty using technology. Beginning around 2000, there has been a trend toward creating new centers or reconfiguring old ones into the form of a teaching and learning technology center (TLTC). Hundreds of universities now support a one-stop shopping center where faculty can go to get help preparing technology-based instruction. Typically, according to Long (2001), these TLTCs combine the services of information technology support and faculty development, sometimes adding the library.
This PowerPoint presentation was extremely valuable in my work as an upcoming professional in the field of instructional technology. Personally, I grew to further my understanding of principles of multimedia learning such as the redundancy principle and signaling. These tools have continued to strengthen my facilitation skills in an online learning environment and can also be applied to face-to-face teaching. Professionally, I was able to apply such principles into my presentation in order to further demonstrate the importance to implementing best practices in multimedia learning. Students are impacted by engaging in environments that provide them with engaging activates, relevant information, and various tools that meet the needs of diverse learners.
Resource:
Long, P. D. (2001, June). Trends: Technology support trio. Syllabus, 8.