Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to learning using technology. Demonstrate knowledge and skills in current and emerging instructional technologies.
In EDU655: Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology, as one of
the assignments we had to create a “Needs Assessment” for our students based on what they were going to learn about in class.
My students, at the time were working on learning about the properties of water
with a focus on water pollution, the water cycle and water conservation.
The assignment at the time asked us to create a paper copy of a needs assessment
that the students could fill out. In my remodel of the needs assessment I would have had us create the needs assessment either using Google Forms, Poll Everywhere, Socrative, or a similar application. This way the students are getting the information quickly
to the teacher using less paper. All of these applications collect and save the information for the teacher and she can later access the data to process the information and make the changes that are needed to the lessons.
This type of Needs Assessment would be based on the cognitive/pragmatic instructional
design model because it is based on the student absorbing the information, processing it, and finally putting it to use. The student gets a chance to express to the teacher what they understand and where they are confused and by doing this through one of
the mentioned applications, the students does not need to feel self-conscious about his own misunderstandings.
Here is my Google Form as a Needs Assessment: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mfThsl6imYPXrKEzFraTH9hPqyGf_e-_Am_IxGpTx2Y/viewform
Reference:
Dabbagh, N. (2006).
Instructional design knowledge base.
Retrieved from http://classweb.gmu.edu/ndabbagh/Resources/IDKB/models_theories.htm
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