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Instructional Design Activity: Lesson Design


 

Overall Instructor Rating: Satisfactory

Ratings explanation:

  • Exemplary - A model answer in almost every way (this is given out very rarely).
  • Satisfactory - Very well done; you've met the expectations of the assignment. There are some minor problems, so read my feedback well.
  • Marginal Pass - You pass, but there are lots of issues to consider. Read my feedback very carefully and be sure you understand the points/issues I raise.
  • Not satisfactory, redo and resubmit - The assignment was not completed appropriately. I am concerned that you do not understand the process well enough yet. To get credit for the assignment, you need to redo it, most probably on another topic. Read and consider my feedback very carefully before redoing.

Instructor's Overall Feedback:

Hi Cheng-Yu: The revisions look good. Thank you. Dr. Law Hi Cheng-Yu: There are several good parts to your lesson design (follow up activities and assessment). There are a few sections that need more detail: Pre-instructional activities: 1b. Student will view 5 web pages as the example of their product presenting by slide. (point out some of the features in the example that will be covered in the lesson). 2. Content presentation; 2a. Analyze the elements and skills used in the sample pages, such as text, graphics, table, and background. -- Also demonstrate how to add these elements to the web page. Allow for question and answers by the students. 3. Learner participation; 3a. Give students a sample page and needed material, ask student practice by using Dreamweaver to create similar web page. -- this is good but you need to provide instructions on everything that should be included so they are not confused. The example is good but they will have questions about what to include, how much, etc. Please make these updates and send it to me in an e-mail and I'll review it and update your score for this IDA. Thanks, Dr. Law

 


The purpose of this activity is to design a specific lesson based on the lesson objectives identified in one of your unit instructional curriculum maps (ICMs). This IDA is designed to give you practice in planning lesson based on Gagne's events of instruction (see Dick, Carey, and Carey, chapter 8).

Complete the instructional strategy planning sheet below for one lesson of your choice. Preferably, this is a lesson that you identified during the unit design analysis. However, you can choose any lesson you wish. As outlined by Dick, Carey, and Carey, it may be helpful to organize the events of instruction in the following major groups or components: Pre-instructional activities, Content presentation, Learner participation, Assessment, Follow-through activities.

Your instructional plan should emphasize materials-centered instruction. That is, you should consider resources other than a live instructor for the delivery of the lesson. As you consider possible media, also consider the affordances, or special characteristics, that various media possess.


Instructional Strategy Planning Sheet

Write the instructional objectives of your lesson here (it can be more than one):

Your final response:

Learners will be able to utilize dreamweaver to generate a web page that includes text with different fonts and colors, pictures, tables, and background images.

The instructor's feedback to this step:

No specific feedback given on this step.

 


 

Enter your instructional plan for each of the instructional components. Also indicate your media choice for each instructional component.

Instructional Component
Instructional Plan
Media Choice

1. Pre-instructional activities

  • a. Motivating the learners/gaining their attention
  • b. Informing the learners of the lesson objectives or purposes
  • c. Informing the learner of what they already need to know to be successful in this lesson (i.e. prerequisite skills)

2. Content presentation

  • a. Presenting the content to be learned (i.e. stimulus material)
  • b. Guiding the learners as they are presented with the content

3. Learner participation

  • a. Giving the learner opportunites for practice (i.e. eliciting the performance)
  • b. Giving the learner feedback during practice

4. Assessment

  • Tests and other assessments to see if anything has been learned as a result of this lesson

5. Follow-through activities

  • a. Memory aids for retention
  • b. Activities to help learners transfer their learning to other contexts

Your final response:

1. Pre-instructional activities; 1a. Student will be informed learning objective of this lesson by powerpoint presentation. 1b. Student will view 5 web pages as the example of their product presenting by slide. 1c. Remind student about the experiences of using word or other editing software. 2. Content presentation; 2a. Analyze the elements and skills used in the sample pages, such as text, graphics, table, and background. 2b. Present guide of using formating tools of Dreamweaver. 3. Learner participation; 3a. Give students a sample page and needed material, ask student practice by using Dreamweaver to create similar web page. 3b. Provide need assistant when student practicing. 4. Assessment 4a. Give student a sample web page that not be presented before, ask students create a similar web page by using Dreamweaver. 5. Follow-through activities 5a. provide 3 new sample web pages and discuss what skills and elements are used in the pages. 5b. Ask students create three web pages for their own personal websites as practice.

1. Pre-instructional activities; 1a. Student will be informed learning objective of this lesson by powerpoint presentation. 1b. Student will view 5 web pages as the example of their product presenting by slide. 1c. Remind student about the experiences of using word or other editing software. 2. Content presentation; 2a. Analyze the elements and skills used in the sample pages, such as text, graphics, table, and background. 2b. Present guide of using formating tools of Dreamweaver. 3. Learner participation; 3a. Give students a sample page and needed material, ask student practice by using Dreamweaver to create similar web page. 3b. Provide need assistant when student practicing. 4. Assessment 4a. Give student a sample web page that not be presented before, ask students create a similar web page by using Dreamweaver. 5. Follow-through activities 5a. provide 3 new sample web pages and discuss what skills and elements are used in the pages. 5b. Ask students create three web pages for their own personal websites as practice.

The instructor's feedback to this step:

No specific feedback given on this step.

 

 

Your final response:

1a. Powerpoint presentation. 1b. Web browser displayed by overhead projector. 1c. Lecture by teacher. 2a. Web browser displayed by overhead projector. 2b. Hand out; teacher present process by using overhead projector. 3a,b. Web browser displayed by overhead projector; computer 4a. Web browser displayed by overhead projector; computer 5a,b. Web browser displayed by overhead projector; computer

1a. Powerpoint presentation. 1b. Web browser displayed by overhead projector. 1c. Lecture by teacher. 2a. Web browser displayed by overhead projector. 2b. Hand out; teacher present process by using overhead projector. 3a,b. Web browser displayed by overhead projector; computer 4a. Web browser displayed by overhead projector; computer 5a,b. Web browser displayed by overhead projector; computer

The instructor's feedback to this step:

No specific feedback given on this step.

 

 

 

 


Provide a rationale for your media choices. How do the media you have selected support the instructional plan you have designed? Do the affordances of the media you've selected match the instructional strategy and support student learning?

Examples of media affordances:

  • Video: dynamic representation of people, social situations, psychomotor tasks, etc.
  • Computer simulation: dynamic representation of concepts and principles
  • Computer spreadsheets: dynamic representation of numeric relationships
  • Computer databases: dynamic representation of categorical relationships

Your final response:

The media used in this lesson is teacher, projector, and handout. Teacher can provide real time adjustion and feedback in the instruction. By using overhead projector, student can easily compare the result of their own computer and of teacher's demonstration. Using handout helps student remember the procedure and hints.

The media used in this lesson is teacher, projector, and handout. Teacher can provide real time adjustion and feedback in the instruction. By using overhead projector, student can easily compare the result of their own computer and of teacher's demonstration. Using handout helps student remember the procedure and hints.

The instructor's feedback to step 4:

No specific feedback given on this step.