{"id":459,"date":"2016-11-08T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/?p=459"},"modified":"2016-12-24T23:05:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T23:05:24","slug":"m2-week-3-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/2016\/11\/08\/m2-week-3-class\/","title":{"rendered":"M2-Week 3-Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Instructional Design &amp; eAuthoring Module (Week 3)<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The following is a reflection on the Tuesday morning class that took place on 8th November 2016 from 10:00 to 13:00 using Gibbs Reflective Cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the hard copy Module Handbook 2016\/17, today\u2019s class was to address the following topics (and to include the guest lecturer Clare Gormley as well as Library colleagues):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>eLearning Toolkit and reflection on experience as a past graduate(Clare Gormley)<\/li>\n<li>Defining learning outcomes, defining activity within a resource<\/li>\n<li>Using the Library for your annotated bibliography (Library colleagues)<\/li>\n<li>Group elevator pitches (5 mins each)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In reality, the topics for today\u2019s class were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personas<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Learning Outcomes?)<\/li>\n<li>The Universal Design Process<\/li>\n<li>Models for Learning Design (ADDIE and the 7Cs)<\/li>\n<li>The most important components of learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of the five topics were dealt with by Damian Gordon and none were delivered by Pauline Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>eLearning Toolkit and reflection on experience as a past graduate was not dealt with today.\u00a0 Clare Gormley did not appear today nor was any reference made to her.<\/p>\n<p>Using the Library for your annotated bibliography was not dealt with today.\u00a0 Library colleagues did not appear today nor was any reference made to them.<\/p>\n<p>There were no Group elevator pitches (5 mins each) nor was any reference made to them.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Personas<\/strong> section of today\u2019s class was about the creation of fictional characters to guide your design.\u00a0 Rather than designing your artefact for every possible user, the idea of personas is that you design for small number of fictional users.\u00a0 These users can be illustrated as basic silhouetted figures of (say) a child, a grandmother, a disabled person, etc.\u00a0 The need for personas was initially identified in the mid 1990s in the marketing sector, followed quickly by the software sector.\u00a0 An example of a user profile for a particular persona could be:<\/p>\n<p>Name: Susan Normal<br \/>\nAge: 18 years old<br \/>\nSize: 5&#8217;8&#8243;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Learning Outcomes<\/strong> section of today&#8217;s class was an examination of Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives that I had previously seen in Module 1 (Learning Theories).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-678\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/blooms-taxonomy-changes.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-678 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/blooms-taxonomy-changes-300x178.jpeg\" alt=\"blooms-taxonomy-changes\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/blooms-taxonomy-changes-300x178.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/blooms-taxonomy-changes-768x455.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/blooms-taxonomy-changes.jpeg 865w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy (from Bloom, 1956 to Anderson, 2001)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The three highest levels of Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy are:<\/p>\n<p>Evaluation (Critical thinking)<br \/>\nSynthesis (Creativity)<br \/>\nAnalysis<\/p>\n<p>The three lowest levels of Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy are:<\/p>\n<p>Application<br \/>\nComprehension<br \/>\nKnowledge<\/p>\n<p>Note 1:\u00a0 Damian Gordon thinks that the three higher level learning objectives (above) are on the same level.<br \/>\nNote 2:\u00a0 Damian Gordon doesn&#8217;t like the terms &#8216;lower order&#8217; versus &#8216;higher order&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The evolution from Bloom&#8217;s 1956 model to Lori Anderson&#8217;s 2001 model was progressed further in 2009 when Mike Fisher produced a learning tools version of Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digigogy.blogspot.ie\/2009\/02\/digital-blooms-visual.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/digigogy.blogspot.ie\/2009\/02\/digital-blooms-visual.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/profile\/mikefisher821\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/profile\/mikefisher821<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-682\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Digital-Blooms.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-682 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Digital-Blooms-300x218.jpeg\" alt=\"digital-blooms\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Digital-Blooms-300x218.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Digital-Blooms.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy (Learning Tools Version &#8211; M Fisher, 2009)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Universal Design Process<\/strong> section of today\u2019s class looked at the following <em>stages:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Discover Phase<br \/>\nThe Definition Phase<br \/>\nThe Development Stage<br \/>\nThe Delivery Stage<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Models for Learning Design<\/strong> section of today\u2019s class looked at the following two models:<\/p>\n<p>(1) ADDIE Model for Learning Design (in which there are 5 phases):<\/p>\n<p>Analysis<br \/>\nDesign<br \/>\nDevelopment<br \/>\nImplementation<br \/>\nEvaluation<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, it appears that the ADDIE model wasn&#8217;t specifically developed by any single author.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OULDI\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Leicester-Pilots_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The 7Cs of Learning Design<\/a> (in which there are 7 phases):<\/p>\n<p>Conceptualise (Vision)<br \/>\nCreate (Activity)<br \/>\nCommunicate (Activity)<br \/>\nCollaborate (Activity)<br \/>\nConsider (Activity)<br \/>\nCombine (Synthesis)<br \/>\nConsolidate (Implementation)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/7-cs-learningdesignmooc-6-638.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-689 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/7-cs-learningdesignmooc-6-638-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"7-cs-learningdesignmooc-6-638\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/7-cs-learningdesignmooc-6-638-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/7-cs-learningdesignmooc-6-638.jpeg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 7Cs is a Learning Design Workshop that evolved in 2012 from an older Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI) project for which Professor Grainne Conole was the lead investigator.\u00a0 Since Professor Conole had at this stage moved to the University of Leicester, this institution was given the opportunity to trial and explore the OULDI resources as part of the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Most Important Components of Learning<\/strong> section of today\u2019s class looked at some of the findings of John Hattie&#8217;s (Australian Researcher) work.\u00a0 Damian said that he is a &#8216;fan&#8217; of John Hattie and that he has great time for him.<\/p>\n<p>Damian referred to the following John Hattie&#8217;s publication:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/research.acer.edu.au\/research_conference_2003\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hattie, J. (2003). <em>Teachers Make a Difference, What is the research evidence?<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hattie found that feedback is the most important aspect of learning.\u00a0 Here are the four most important aspects of learning according to Hattie&#8217;s research with the &#8216;Effect Size&#8217; number after each:<\/p>\n<p>Feedback (1.13)<br \/>\nStudents prior cognitive ability (1.04)<br \/>\nInstructional quality (1.00)<br \/>\nDirect Instruction (0.82)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feelings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I very much enjoyed today&#8217;s class even though only one of the four topics that were on the agenda for today &#8211; Benjamin Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Learning Outcomes) &#8211; was actually delivered.\u00a0 I felt that all of the areas that were covered were &#8216;taught&#8217; very well by Damian.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since today was Week 3, it was important that today&#8217;s class dealt with &#8216;Models of Learning Design&#8217; (ADDIE and the 7 Cs) and &#8216;Personas&#8217; to feed into the design of my group&#8217;s storyboard for our &#8216;Composting&#8217; project.\u00a0 However, I think that these should have been covered in last week&#8217;s class that was meant to gave dealt with &#8216;Storyboarding and Personas&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I prefer when a topic is covered with more depth and history.\u00a0 The 7Cs of Learning Design is something that evolved over a couple of years into a workshop.\u00a0 ADDIE is a <em>model<\/em> whereas the 7Cs is a <em>workshop<\/em>.\u00a0 Moreover, the 7Cs workshop uses specific tools (e.g. Blackboard to collaborate) and nether this fact, nor any of the tools, were mentioned in today&#8217;s class.\u00a0 In my opinion, the lectures in a Level 9 course should have more depth.\u00a0 As a Maths teacher, one of the things that really improved my teaching was becoming extremely <em>au fait<\/em> with the history of mathematics in my early years of teaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It looks like there is going to continue to be misalignment between the classes as described in the hard copy Module Handbook 2016\/17, the class itself and the Webcourses materials for the classes.\u00a0 This is not trivial.\u00a0 There are four components to the assessment.\u00a0 It makes sense that if today&#8217;s class was to deal with using the Library for my annotated bibliography, then I would schedule time this week to go to the Library.\u00a0 (The Library section never happened, Library staff never appeared and no reference to these facts were made by Damian and Pauline).\u00a0 If last week&#8217;s class had dealt with personas (instead of this week), then it would have made sense to build on this during &#8216;homework&#8217; by devoting the week to the storyboard aspect of the &#8216;Composting&#8217; project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Action Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source the 11 books on the Essential Reading List for Instructional Design.<\/p>\n<p>Further reading on Instructional Design models (e.g. Dick and Carey).<\/p>\n<p>Begin reading for, and writing, my annotated bibliographies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instructional Design &amp; eAuthoring Module (Week 3) The following is a reflection on the Tuesday morning class that took place on 8th November 2016 from 10:00 to 13:00 using Gibbs Reflective Cycle. 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