OLTD 502: Digital Learning Continuum
"Incorporate Universal Design for Learning Prinicples"
The evidence used is a lesson for a classroom blog re-designed using the UBD model. By redoing the classroom blog lesson using the Understanding by Design model, clear focuses of the “big ideas” are in the forefront before any activities are planned. The tools to assess the desired results and the opportunities for improving photography skills are built into the lesson design. Students are given a clear understanding of where they are going, why they are going there and what is required of them along the way. The UBD Model ensures the instructor imbeds learning activities after the main goals and assessment pieces are established. The planning works because the instructor never loses sight of the end result while constructing the unit. My original lesson was centered on the “cool factor” of providing the class with their own blog and assuming they would instantly be motivated to participate. If I had looked at the reasons why I wanted to use the blog in the first place (instead of being concerned about how it looked) and had taken the steps to ensure the evidence and learning activities were designed to fit my overreaching goal, the end result would have been much different. I now have in place a re-designed lesson that begins with my desired goal in mind and the subsequent planning never loses sight of that goal.
The evidence used is a lesson for a classroom blog re-designed using the UBD model. By redoing the classroom blog lesson using the Understanding by Design model, clear focuses of the “big ideas” are in the forefront before any activities are planned. The tools to assess the desired results and the opportunities for improving photography skills are built into the lesson design. Students are given a clear understanding of where they are going, why they are going there and what is required of them along the way. The UBD Model ensures the instructor imbeds learning activities after the main goals and assessment pieces are established. The planning works because the instructor never loses sight of the end result while constructing the unit. My original lesson was centered on the “cool factor” of providing the class with their own blog and assuming they would instantly be motivated to participate. If I had looked at the reasons why I wanted to use the blog in the first place (instead of being concerned about how it looked) and had taken the steps to ensure the evidence and learning activities were designed to fit my overreaching goal, the end result would have been much different. I now have in place a re-designed lesson that begins with my desired goal in mind and the subsequent planning never loses sight of that goal.
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"Develop Skills to optimize learning experiences through personalization"
Implementing Technology with Transformational Leadership in Mind is my final paper for OLTD 502 and the evidence for learnng for developing skills to optimiie learning experiences through personaiization. My goal is to create a learning environment that focuses on students’ awareness of how they learn, how they reflect on their learning and what contributions they are making to the learning community. My vision of a self-regulating class of students who value their learning can eventually be a shared vision with my students, at which point, the transformation of my teaching practice will begin.
Implementing Technology with Transformational Leadership in Mind is my final paper for OLTD 502 and the evidence for learnng for developing skills to optimiie learning experiences through personaiization. My goal is to create a learning environment that focuses on students’ awareness of how they learn, how they reflect on their learning and what contributions they are making to the learning community. My vision of a self-regulating class of students who value their learning can eventually be a shared vision with my students, at which point, the transformation of my teaching practice will begin.
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