In late summer 2015, we are excited to offer a new online course, Principles of Learning for Instructional Design, developed through the Improving Teacher Effectiveness project. Once the course is live, we will let everyone know and provide additional information about how to access the course through the LINCS Learning Portal.
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I have enjoyed the training on the 14 Principles of Learning for Instructional Design. The printed handout will come in handy when I am self-evaluating to make sure I am covering the principles needed to meet students needs.
Provided great tools to engage students and mentors alike. Look forward to next steps in the classroom
Watching Andrea teach was interesting and enjoyable! She really thought this lesson through. Knowing that we want our students to be enthusiastic about learning, I'm sure each one of them continued to return to class to see what Andrea had prepared for them next!. There were so many ways to expand on the short lesson we viewed. Would have loved more information.
Andrea was very effective when she was giving accurate and timely feedback with pronunciation. The learners were actively engaged while answering her questions, and anticipated the immediate feedback that she gave. They seemed excited when she gave positive feedback
I viewed Observation Protocol provided in Unit 2, consider the questions below. (If you opted to watch a different video than the one provided in the course, please identify which video you watched and its Web site, before answering the questions.
What is one “specific, concrete, and descriptive” observation you would share with Andrea, the teacher in the videotaped class. One former course participant noted the following about her own experience as an observer:
What I found most difficult in taking notes during the observation was describing what I was seeing and omitting evaluative language. This was the biggest challenge because I had so many suggestions in mind while I was observing. I concentrated on what the students were doing and what the teacher was doing. That helped me to describe what I saw.
Which, in your experience, are the most difficult principles to implement?
I found that all the principals can be easily implemented, especially with a Mentor or a Instructional Leader involved.
Why?
Because of a support mechanism
Andrea, great work and instant feedback. Made for a positive experience
This was the biggest challenge was writing ideas because I had so many suggestions in mind while I was observing.
Great information and insights provided. I agree with giving feedback to increase learners motivation.
Sample feedback for Andrea:
The human sentence activity (where each student held a word and stood with others to assemble a sentence) gave each student a chance to connect with a single word and to experience how their word interacted with other words. This task was concrete, personal, interactive, and cooperative; it also allowed for immediate feedback and re-trying as needed.
One challenge of collecting notes is expanding/translating specific moments into broader, more generalizable comments. Fortunately, there can be a place for both! In some cases, I find it useful to capture a direct/verbatim quote as an illustration. For example, from Andrea: “I always ask my students, ‘Tell me about your lives – what’s happening?’”
These are both great strategies! Thank you for sharing Adria.