1.To design a series of reusable educational modules that develops specific skills or skill sets
a. Note taking
b. Reading for comprehension
c. Time management skills
d. Writing skills
2. Supra-system= Stevenson Education Center
a. Sub-System= Syracuse Football
b. Student Athletes
i. Method of Delivery = via mentors
ii. Classroom style setting initially
iii. Information library as a follow up tool.
3. Method Instruction for mentors
a. 1.5 Hour classroom setting
b. Technology equipped classroom, overhead, LCD projector
4. Method of grouping for learning:
a. Note-taking and reading comprehension
b. Time management
c. Writing skills
5. Logisitics
a. Auditorium: Football complex is equipped with an auditorium to meet our need
b. Time we have mentors on staff and can schedule meeting based on need
c. Personnel , Academic Coordinators are capable of teaching the course
d. Budget, development will be the primary cost the personnel already exist, expenditure of time will need to be calculated but all the employees involved are salaried.
James and I answered these questions together in a group setting so the answers posted on both our PLE's will be identical.
I particulary was impressed with CISCO systems modle of RIO and RLO because it provided a systematic and reusable platform for creating education materials that was scalable and manageable. I like the design and will try to incorporate elements into my individual design. At first glance it seesm simplistic but on further review the system has a series of layers an quite a bit of dept which I still do not completely understand. It does suggest to me though, that there needs to be a great deal of upfront assessment to be able to generalize the structuring materials to multiple people.
I am still struggling with how to incorporate specific needs into my design. The Gentry model will stressing communication in all facets seemed a little to amorphous for me, there was no clear starting point, the CISCO model a benchmark design which required specific data before proceeding to the next step in the design. What I can say for certain in there will be a high degree of up front analysis so the the modules can be generalized to a braod audience.
Model Goal
Educational Objectives
This week discussion centered on educational objectives, there is a push in academia for the incorporation of “behavioral objectives” in curriculum design. According to this theory all instruction should have a specific measure within a specific degree of competency. While Skinner or Pavlov might find this ideal there are clearly some issues with design. One, you subscribe to a cognitive or social learning type model there is often times additional learning which goes on which is not immediately observable, Myron Atkins makes a similar point in his article as well. Last semester, I used an example of a song by Billy Holiday entitled “Strange Fruit”, my mother used to listen to this song routinely during my youth and although I could sing the words I never actually grasped the meaning. It was not until my junior year in high school when I truly understood what Ms. Holiday was signing about I needed additional information, images and explanations to thoroughly grasp the concept. There are host of theories to explain this phenomena, but for the purpose of this argument they were all defied. My mother did not set an objective when she played the song, there was no intended outcome, no subject matter test. I became intrigued by the song and the brutality it described and went on to get a bachelors degree in history. Could my mother have envisioned that as a learning objective when she played the song? I doubt it. There is always going to be intended and unintended outcomes as a result of instruction. This is not an argument against clear objectives, however, I am hesitant because the past suggest that when objectives of these kinds are employed other useful and meaningful outcomes are ignored and in some cases lost. I often hear teachers refer to teaching to the test, more importantly what is left out in this practice?
You can follow the attached link to see a live performance of "Strange Fruit" by the late Billie Holiday