D4L Foundation Module

Welcome to the Foundation Module!  The Learning Outcomes and Syllabus are below.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• follow a formal instructional design strategy
• perform an instructional needs assessment and define instructional goals
• identify learner characteristics and entry behaviors
• detail instructional analysis
• develope learning outcomes
• devise instructional strategies including:
  • instructional presentation and learner participation plans.
• plan for appropriate instructional tools and materials
• plan for formative (and summative) evaluations

Agenda:

Week 1

Topic 1. 7 Steps to Effective Online Teaching. Formal Instructional Design Strategy Overview.

• Lectures: The Importance of Teaching and Learning Online for Libraries; 
  Instructional Design for Online Teaching and the 7 Step Instructional Design Strategy in Particular; 
  Time Constraints and Requirements
• Guided Conversation on the Instructional Design Process Forum
• Learning Activity 1. Deciding on Your Topic and Instructional Unit for the Capstone Module Project

Week 2

Topic 2. Focus on Instructional Design Steps 1 through 4. You will assess instructional needs, identify potential learners, conduct an instructional analysis, and develope learning outcomes.

• Lectures: Instructional Design Steps 1 - 4:
  • Step 1. Needs Assessment and Instructional Goals
  • Step 2. Instructional Analysis (aka Task Analysis)
  • Step 3. Entry Behavior and Learner Characteristics
  • Step 4. Learning Outcomes and Motivating Learners

• Learning Activity 2. Instructional Design Steps 1-4 Worksheet: Working through the Steps

Week 3

Topic 3. Focus on Instructional Design Steps 5 through 7. You will plan instructional strategies; including instructional presentation and learner participation; as well as planning for instructional tools,  instructional materials; and formative and summative evaluation.

• Lectures: Instructional Design Steps 5, 6, and 7:
  • Step 5. Pre-instructional Activities: Planning Instructional Strategies
  • Step 6. Planning Instructional Materials/Learning Objects
  • Step 7. Formative Evaluation

• Learning Activity 3. Instructional Design Steps 5-6 Worksheet: Working through the Steps

Weeks 4-6

Topic 4. Draft Your Instructional Design Plan for your Capstone Module Project and Participate in Peer Review of your Classmates' ID Plan Drafts

In these final weeks of the Foundation (Instructional Design ) Module, you will put it all your work together in a draft instructional design plan for your Capstone Module Practice Teaching Project for Spring 2016. By then, you'll have made lots of changes, but a journey must begin someplace!

• Learning Activity 4.  Drafting and Peer Reviewing your Instructional Design Plan &
  Step 7. Formative Evaluation
• Post your draft Instructional Design Draft (ID Draft) to the peer-review forum for your classmates to review.
• Begin peer-reviewing your classmates' ID Drafts