Based upon your own teaching experiences (if any) and the contents of this lesson, what instructional media formats interest you? What instructional methods do you currently use this instructional media within an instructional setting? How do you anticipate using this instructional media within an instructional setting in the future? Make sure that you describe specific instructional methods.
One of the instructional media formats that caught my attention are SMART boards. Although I have never used them, I have seen them in action (the teacher/class next to mine). It is a 21st century chalkboard that connects content and technology. I have seen MS Word lessons on these apparatuses as well as Internet navigation techniques. Now we have to ask what type of instructional method could be used with this. This would be a good tool for demonstrations and student interactions and group learning. The instructor can use this to demonstrate a task, students can use it to duplicate the task, and students and instructors can use it to teach other students techniques and skills that they may already possess.
Another media format that I am interested in (but never used yet) is virtual reality. I saw a workshop at the Greenville summer conference on A Second Life. It is a virtual reality environment that lets you create your own avatar and basically lets you interact with other avatars in a computer-generated world with real life decision-making. For example, our instructor left his apartment to go to class and came back hours later to an empty apartment. He was robbed! He could refurnish his apartment if he bought renter’s insurance…no he did not. Bummer. I believe that online classes will eventually go beyond the eBlackboard environment and embrace the virtual reality environment where you can actually go to a simulated class for lectures, group discussions, projects, note taking, etc. just to name a few of the methods that this type of media would satisfy.
Another media format I would like to mention is distance learning. In fact, along with my MS I am obtaining a distance learning certification. I feel that more and more classes will be conducted via Internet. Of course the biggest advantage is convenience. Driving from Chapel Hill to Greenville for classes would be a major setback. I have also been associated with eCommerce class at the high school level that is taught online. The largest complaint that I have heard from others (usually those who have not experienced an online class) is that they want face-to-face interaction. They think that physically going to a class (old school) is the only way to learn. Well…an hour boring lecture (no offense to those in the educational field such as myself) can be replaced by lecture notes and pod casts demonstrations which can be read and reviewed at a convenient time and as many times as possible. Group work can still be assigned. I had a pysch class that had access to a chat room where there was no typing but actual interaction by talking (just had to press and hold the CTRL key to talk). Online courses are getting more and more advanced in the way of replacing conventional classrooms.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Assessing the ISD Model
What is your personal assessment of the ISD model? Critique it. Describe the strengths (if any) and weaknesses (if any) of this model? What activities of this model have you used in your experience as an instructor?
According to Dr. Sugar, there are literally hundreds of instructional systems design (ISD) models. How can we assess them all? You can’t, but the model that attempts to categorize the similarities of these different models is the ADDIE model which is an acronym for analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate. It is a good basic model and starting point for assessment of ISD. The strength of this encompassing model is the full cycle approach of instructional systems design. To me, it covers the general areas of ISD but also, each phase in this model can be broken into more detailed sub-categories. For example, the analysis phase includes analyzing the needs of the learners, the content, the tasks, and the resources. In another example, the evaluation phase can be sub-categorized into the CIPP evaluation model or Kirkpatrick’s model (Reiser & Dempsey, 2007).
As far as assessing some particular ISD models, I like the fact that evaluation, revision, and feedback were a part of every step in the process and not just at the end. This is another strength to the ISD model. This will help keep the project on track throughout the entire process and meet the initial objectives set forth. Some models used the terms formative and summative evaluation (Jerold Kemp Model, Dick and Carey Model). The formative evaluation is the assessment conducted during the development of a program.
The only model presented in Dr. Sugar’s lesson that I feel is a little weak is the rapid prototyping design model. There is no mention of formal evaluation throughout the entire process and does not show the connectivity between processes. Although it is not very detailed, I must admit that I have seen this lack of detail before in some of my old projects in the corporate world – "...just design it, develop it, install it, and maintain it (and ask questions later)".
As a teacher for Chatham County, the activities in the Dick and Carey model are used closely in my style of instruction. In our lesson plans, objectives must be stated on the board that will meet the overall goal of the unit, analyze entry behaviors and conduct instructional analysis, develop instructional strategies, select materials, conduct evaluations throughout the lesson or unit (formative) and an assessment at the end (summative). Also in this model, a step is mentioned that gives this model some punch. It is the “revise instruction” step that is connected to several steps in the process. Throughout the entire lesson and upon reflection (the drive home), I think about what worked and what did not work. What can I revise, re-do, or teach in another way to make it more interesting, more appealing, and/or more of a real-life example.
According to Dr. Sugar, there are literally hundreds of instructional systems design (ISD) models. How can we assess them all? You can’t, but the model that attempts to categorize the similarities of these different models is the ADDIE model which is an acronym for analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate. It is a good basic model and starting point for assessment of ISD. The strength of this encompassing model is the full cycle approach of instructional systems design. To me, it covers the general areas of ISD but also, each phase in this model can be broken into more detailed sub-categories. For example, the analysis phase includes analyzing the needs of the learners, the content, the tasks, and the resources. In another example, the evaluation phase can be sub-categorized into the CIPP evaluation model or Kirkpatrick’s model (Reiser & Dempsey, 2007).
As far as assessing some particular ISD models, I like the fact that evaluation, revision, and feedback were a part of every step in the process and not just at the end. This is another strength to the ISD model. This will help keep the project on track throughout the entire process and meet the initial objectives set forth. Some models used the terms formative and summative evaluation (Jerold Kemp Model, Dick and Carey Model). The formative evaluation is the assessment conducted during the development of a program.
The only model presented in Dr. Sugar’s lesson that I feel is a little weak is the rapid prototyping design model. There is no mention of formal evaluation throughout the entire process and does not show the connectivity between processes. Although it is not very detailed, I must admit that I have seen this lack of detail before in some of my old projects in the corporate world – "...just design it, develop it, install it, and maintain it (and ask questions later)".
As a teacher for Chatham County, the activities in the Dick and Carey model are used closely in my style of instruction. In our lesson plans, objectives must be stated on the board that will meet the overall goal of the unit, analyze entry behaviors and conduct instructional analysis, develop instructional strategies, select materials, conduct evaluations throughout the lesson or unit (formative) and an assessment at the end (summative). Also in this model, a step is mentioned that gives this model some punch. It is the “revise instruction” step that is connected to several steps in the process. Throughout the entire lesson and upon reflection (the drive home), I think about what worked and what did not work. What can I revise, re-do, or teach in another way to make it more interesting, more appealing, and/or more of a real-life example.
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