Recently, I learned it is important for the work of an Instructional Designer or Technologist to be evaluated. There are two types of evaluation: formative and summative. Formative evaluation occurs while the learning experience is being crafted and happening. Every step is observed from creation to implementation. Summative evaluation occurs at the end of the learning experience. After all the activities have been completed, the outcome is examined. In a summative evaluation, we are looking at whether learners gained the ability to exercise the skills taught to them.
The purpose for evaluation is to be sure that instructional designs and technology are both valid and reliable for the learner. An evaluation can determine whether learning objectives can be fulfilled with limited resources, it can discover potential problems to prevent in the future and show strengths and weaknesses of a particular learning strategy.
Sunday
Tuesday
IDT and Constructivism
I am beginning to warm up to Instructional Design and Technology... the more I dig, the closer I feel to understanding the purpose of the field. In the field of IDT, the ideal learning environment reflects the world of the learner. The learning environment also provides engaging activities for the learning as well as opportunities for the learner to showcase newly developed skills. The role of a teacher in IDT is to coach the learner not tell the learner what to do. The teacher creates activities to bring out the best and improve weak skills. IDT, makes the learning experience real for the learner. IDT prepares the learner for understanding the content of information and the content's connection to processes. In other words, the learner gets a comprehensive understanding of the bigger picture and not just the process.
Girls could not dunk a basketball because they were either 1) told not to or 2)they were not trained to do so. IDT is like GIRLS that can DUNK... learners are not held back from reaching their full capacity.
Girls could not dunk a basketball because they were either 1) told not to or 2)they were not trained to do so. IDT is like GIRLS that can DUNK... learners are not held back from reaching their full capacity.
Sunday
Warm Up
For the past two weeks, I have been looking into the history of the relationship between Education and Technology. What did I find? Well, the relationship went as far back as the 1900s and got a lot of attention at the onset of World War II (according to text). But my intuition tells me that Education and Technology have been working hand-in-hand since people developed language and writing and from there the relationship evolved into something else and from there it evolved into another concept and branched off and evolved into Instructional Design and Technology. Today, the relationship between Education and Technology is about creating interactive lessons that focus on the needs of individual learners while using technology, if necessary. Instructional Design and Technology is not all about using computers to teach information. In fact, the computers are there to make the delivery of the lesson more productive and to automate time-consuming manual processes.
Thursday
Journal Intro
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