2.6 Instructional Design
Candidates model and facilitate the effective use of research-based best practices in instructional design when designing and developing digital tools, resources, and technology-enhanced learning experiences.
Artifact: Online Mini Module
Reflection:
This artifact is an Online Mini Module completed for the Introduction to Online Learning course. I created a module from a unit of study in Coordinate Algebra. I designed an entire online learning environment with discussion forums, assignments, assessments, and rubrics.
This artifact demonstrates my ability to model and facilitate the effective use of research-based best practices in instructional design. I achieved this by designing a multi-faceted online module. Students are required to watch videos, participate in discussions, and complete higher-level activities in this module. The module culminates in students using the highest level of bloom’s taxonomy to create their own word problems and then solving each other’s word problems and analyzing their peer’s solutions. The students also used virtual manipulatives to scaffold their solving equations skills.
This artifact taught me that even a topic that is traditionally taught as skill and drill can be enhanced through research based strategies and technology. I learned that designing an online module takes a lot of preparation and forethought. Students can proceed through the module at their own pace if the facilitator has done a good job of designing the learning environment. If I were to do this project again, I would improve it by incorporating more online tools like GeoGebra to give students a more visual representation of their
This artifact is an Online Mini Module completed for the Introduction to Online Learning course. I created a module from a unit of study in Coordinate Algebra. I designed an entire online learning environment with discussion forums, assignments, assessments, and rubrics.
This artifact demonstrates my ability to model and facilitate the effective use of research-based best practices in instructional design. I achieved this by designing a multi-faceted online module. Students are required to watch videos, participate in discussions, and complete higher-level activities in this module. The module culminates in students using the highest level of bloom’s taxonomy to create their own word problems and then solving each other’s word problems and analyzing their peer’s solutions. The students also used virtual manipulatives to scaffold their solving equations skills.
This artifact taught me that even a topic that is traditionally taught as skill and drill can be enhanced through research based strategies and technology. I learned that designing an online module takes a lot of preparation and forethought. Students can proceed through the module at their own pace if the facilitator has done a good job of designing the learning environment. If I were to do this project again, I would improve it by incorporating more online tools like GeoGebra to give students a more visual representation of their