LT 716
Systematic Design of Instruction
Instructor: Dr. Mark Hawkes
Course Description:
The course provided concepts and tools for applying
systems theory to instructional design, including needs, instructional, learner,
and context analyses, objectives, assessment, strategy, development, and
evaluation. Learner needs were addressed in various organizational
settings: business, industry, government, health care, and not-for-profit.
The focus, however was for instruction design in the K-12 setting.
Course Reflections
For our final project,
we were put together into design teams. My team chose to write a design document
to train teachers on using handhelds and to implement handhelds into the
curriculum.
We started by identifying the characteristics of our learners and
creating a needs assessment. We then wrote goals and objectives for the unit,
determined appropriate instructional strategies, and identified resources and
assessments. The project was assigned in three
phases.
The instructor provided constructive feedback that assisted us in
making changes to our project after each phase was completed.
This was a true team effort. Each team member took one or two of the goals
that we had written and came up with objectives, sequencing, instructional
strategies, and assessments to help reach those goals. We then put them together
into one document and chatted over NetMeeting to discuss any changes or
additions that we would like to make. This was a long process, which was
made much easier by the teamwork that was exhibited.
Projects Completed
Final Project - Design Document