9471 Instructional Systems Design
Course Description
Designing learning experiences for professionals is very different from lesson planning for K-12 students. Learn to analyze professional development needs, select appropriate instructional strategies, translate those strategies into products, and evaluate the quality of your work. The ISD approach produces quality training programs, whether you work for a multi-national corporation or a local school district.*
Reflection
As a veteran teacher with 24 years experience teaching special education at every grade level from Pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, I consider myself to possess considerable knowledgeable about learning. However, I believe there is always more to be learned and I enjoy learning something each and every day. With those two facts in mind, I will reflect here on what I learned about learning in the context of designing instruction during this course.
I learned substantial information regarding learning styles during this course. I found the four continuums of learning styles to be very interesting. Discussing the styles in the form of opposites on each end of a continuum helped me to form a better understanding of how I learn. I also became aware of learning style descriptors that I had never considered before. In my earlier college years I remember studying about visual, verbal and tactile learners. I have always had a hard time fitting my students in one or the other of those categories. I really like the active vs. reflective, sensing vs. intuitive, visual vs. verbal, and sequential vs. global learning descriptors. These descriptors fit with my observations and experiences with students over the years. Learning styles make sense to me now and are much more useful and applicable. I feel better equipped now to understand my students’ learning styles and plan more effective instruction.
Artifacts
*Course Description copied from SISLT Course List.
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