Ah, finally, you get to design your instruction.
All of you have been thinking about how you are going
to present and teach this material for some time.
Here I want you to step back from it and approach it
from a fresh perspective. Over the last several weeks
you have probably changed and sharpened the focus of
your instruction--sometimes a little, sometimes a
lot. Now it is time to take that deeper understanding
of what you are going to teach (and why) and
plan how you will teach it.
For this assignment, you should create a design
for your instruction, but not the instruction itself.
This is like an architect creating a blueprint before
the building is built. The design should show clearly
- The overall
strategies and media you have chosen for the
instruction.
- How the objectives
will be grouped and sequenced.
- For each objective
or group of objectives, how each of the
events of
instruction will be handled, with examples,
samples, and so on as needed.
- For each objective
or group of objectives, how the ARCS model
will be applied.
In other words, the design should show how you plan to teach this
material, in some detail, without actually writing the teacher's
guide, handouts, student materials, video scripts, or whatever it
takes to deliver the instruction.
Key criteria for evaluating your instructional
design:
- Effectiveness: Is the design likely to be
effective in teaching the objectives?
- Congruence: Does the proposed instruction
teach the objectives identified in the
analysis phase? Could someone taking this
instruction pass the post-test
as designed?
- Grouping and Sequencing: Does the proposed
instruction have clear and
effective groupings and sequences of
instruction?
- Grounding: Are the choices made for
instructional methods, modes, media,
strategies, etc. grounded in sound principles
from the textbook, class, or
other sources?
- Completeness: Does the design include
instruction on all objectives identified
in the analysis phase (but not entry
behaviors/prerequisites)? Does the
design address all nine events of instruction
as well as the ARCS model?
- Creativity: Does the design show creativity
in how the instruction
is approached? Are the proposed
examples/practice items/activities novel
and/or interesting?
- Style: Is the writing style of the design
clear and easy to follow?
- Presentation: Is the presentation of the
design inviting and clear?
Grading
Criteria