LT 716: Systematic Design of Instruction

Summer 2010 - Instructor: Don Versteeg

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Course Reflection:

This course was very intense.  We took instructional design and broke it up in to several parts focusing on a topic within each phase using the Smith and Ragan model.  Basically, we were working on creating a unit that could be used in professionalism that was research based. 

Course Overview:

Course Description

Theme Met

Professional Use
of Project

Skill Developed
with Project

How Theme Was Met

This course provides concepts and tools for applying systems theory to instructional design, including needs, instructional, learner, and context analysis, objectives, assessment, strategy, development, and evaluation.  This course will focus primarily on applying the instructional design process in the K-12 learning environment.

 Collaboration

- Instructional Design project used

- Reflection Journal on Design Project

- Theory-based instructional design used to better professional development

Collaboration played a major role in this course because we worked closely with our peers while creating our instructional design projects. 

Leadership and Management

- Instructional Design project used

- Reflection Journal on Design Project

 - Theory-based instructional design used to better professional development Leadership and Management were also very important here because we need to be able to create Professional Development activities for co-workers that explain the important of bettering student educational needs.
Constructive Teaching/Learning and Technology - Instructional Design project used - Theory-based instructional design used to better professional development Constructive criticism was used to create the best possible instructional design project.

Goals/Objectives:

  • Describe instructional design as a systematic process.

  • Describe the Smith and Ragan model for instructional design.

  • Conduct instructional design activities for the ID process.

  • Apply the concepts and tools associated with systematic instructional design to develop and instructional project.

  • Develop competencies of an instructional designer.

Specific Course Work: