Content Analysis is the heart of the instructional design. It helps the instructional designer to look at the big picture of the learning goal and then detail it out into smaller achievable segment of the instructional goals. I worked with Tameka to develop our curriculum map to visually depict our learning and instructional goals. I created the curriculum map using Microsoft Visio software. In the curriculum map we created a hierarchical structure to distinguish among the prior skill, sub-skill, and main skills. We also developed a detailed task analysis table to identify and describe task, instructional objective, related Bloom's level & domain of learning, and assessment methods.
This process helped me to understand different relevant pieces of instructional contents to piece together a comprehensive curriculum map. To ensure learning took place, first we need to know what is the main learning goal. Then we need to break down the learning goal into instructional goals. Then we need to identity which learning domain this kind of learning belongs to. According to the appropriate learning domain, we need to choose right instructional materials, and appropriate assessment method.
Content analysis is a great technique which can be utilized in any task or project at hand. On a day to day basis, we look at the bigger goal for a project, break it down into smaller task and deliverable, identify the resources and means to achieve or accomplish that task, and finally install a quality control or assessment piece to ensure that we reach the target with predetermined quality. One of my observation is - team approach much more productive and rich in quality than individual endeavor. As a part of team approach, client's feedback is a great help along with Dr. Weaver's able guidance.
Moving forward, Content Analysis is going to provide us the foundation to build our instructional strategy and delivery mechanism. I think we did a great job as a team to detail out our content analysis. It is a great pleasure to work with Jennifer and Tameka. Working in a team environment saves time but not always at the same level. Some of the tasks have dependencies; Tameka had to finish her instructional objectives before I worked on the assessment components. While it is possible to coordinate among the team members through Google hangout and other online tools; we found that a face to face interaction is much more educational and efficient in accomplish jointly developed task.
This process helped me to understand different relevant pieces of instructional contents to piece together a comprehensive curriculum map. To ensure learning took place, first we need to know what is the main learning goal. Then we need to break down the learning goal into instructional goals. Then we need to identity which learning domain this kind of learning belongs to. According to the appropriate learning domain, we need to choose right instructional materials, and appropriate assessment method.
Content analysis is a great technique which can be utilized in any task or project at hand. On a day to day basis, we look at the bigger goal for a project, break it down into smaller task and deliverable, identify the resources and means to achieve or accomplish that task, and finally install a quality control or assessment piece to ensure that we reach the target with predetermined quality. One of my observation is - team approach much more productive and rich in quality than individual endeavor. As a part of team approach, client's feedback is a great help along with Dr. Weaver's able guidance.
Moving forward, Content Analysis is going to provide us the foundation to build our instructional strategy and delivery mechanism. I think we did a great job as a team to detail out our content analysis. It is a great pleasure to work with Jennifer and Tameka. Working in a team environment saves time but not always at the same level. Some of the tasks have dependencies; Tameka had to finish her instructional objectives before I worked on the assessment components. While it is possible to coordinate among the team members through Google hangout and other online tools; we found that a face to face interaction is much more educational and efficient in accomplish jointly developed task.
Asking questions and learning from the peers and Dr. Weaver is a unique and enlightening experience. Laerning a lot of different prespectives by watching the screencasts from my peers. These resources are continuously helping me to think hard and understand new dimentions of any task at hand. Finally, watching Dr. Weaver’s screencast provides a clear guideline on how to deal with so many moving parts without getting overwhelmed. I would like to apply the techniques I am learning from Dr. Weaver and my teammates to utilize in my future teaching profession.
Learning project management process and learning how to work successfully in team set up are two of the essential skill sets for any profession. To master these skill set one needs both pedagogical backbone and practical experiences. I am seeing progress from both of these ends slowly but steadily! Finally, learning is a continuous journey, not the destination!
My task list for week three:
Task
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Percent Complete
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Time
Spent in hrs |
Weekly Group Meeting
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100%
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1
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Contribute to the discussion in G+
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100%
|
1.5
|
Develop Content Analysis Report
|
100%
|
20
|
Discussion and feedback on Analysis Report
|
100%
|
2
|
Asana to add and update project tasks/sub-tasks
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100%
|
.5
|
Keep up with Dr. Weaver's post and screencasts, taking surveys
|
100%
|
.5
|
Discussion on Content Map using MS Visio
|
100%
|
1
|
Reading on Content Analysis
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100%
|
1
|
Posted 15/5s for my blog
|
100%
|
.5
|
Other reading related to SCORM
|
100%
|
1.0
|
