INLS 214: Schedule for User Education

INLS 214: USER EDUCATION - SCHEDULE

Schedule

Sunner 2005

DESCRIPTION | SYLLABUS | SCHEDULE | ASSIGNMENTS | RESOURCES

May 17 ... May 18 ... May 19 ... May 20 ... May 21 ... May 23 ... May 24 ... June 14 ... June 15 ... June 16 ... June 17

This class includes a Saturday full day workshop (May 21) and a break in the middle when you will be working on projects and engaging in online discussions. To help you keep track of sessions, readings, and due dates of your various assignments, a chronological schedule is provided below.

Week 1

*Before class*	*Fill out Student Information Form .*
May 17	PHILOSOPHY AND GOALS OF THE COURSE Introductions. Overview of Course, Planning for Assignments. Readings: Begin reading textbook, Chapter 1. [Note: we will work our way through the textbook reading one or two chapters each day and referring back on occasion to chapters we have read earlier] Agenda for the Day
May 18	HISTORY AND CONTEXTS A bit of history. Examination of the several literatures available. Introduction to Instructional Design Readings: Read on needs assessment. Morrison chapter should be posted under Readings. Other readings on the topic are also acceptable. Agenda for the Day
May 19	LEARNING THEORIES AND LEARNING STYLES How do you learn? How is adult learning different from learning as a child? What are the "millenials" like? How can learning theories help us design appropriate learning activities? Readings: If access available, read Morrison, chapter 3: Learner and Contextual Analysis; otherwise, read a chapter from one of the listed textbooks (or similar title) on topic of learning theories and learning styles. Visit: Visit to Davis Library to hear about UNC's library instructional program from Lisa Norberg. Agenda for the Day
May 20	INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES Domains of learning. ABCD method of writing objectives. Attention to performance, criteria, and condition. Readings: Read chapter 5 in Morrison, if available, or read Rothwell, chapter 8 (soon to be available in Blackboard as pdf file). Agenda

Week 2

May 21
Workshop Day

CONTEXT EXPLORATION - PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

AM will be panel discussions and presentations. Emphasis on generalizing from the specific and on guiding discussions. PM will be on performance measurement.
Readings: Chapters 10-12 in Morrison, if available, or chapter 9 and 10 in Rothwell (pdf files on Blackboard) or other comparable reading on measuring the result of instruction.
Agenda:

May 23

LESSON PLAN DESIGN

Bringing elements together (needs assessment, learner analysis, setting objectives and determining assessments, developing a strategy and plan). Atention to time management. Use of technology in education and training situations. Discussion of online section of course.

May 24

PROFESSOR DAVID CARR ON TEACHING

Readings: Carr, David, "When Communities Read," Presentation to Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library, May 10. 2005 (Handout with other writings on adult education)

Week 3-5

Online
May 25-June 13

TEACHING REPERTOIRE

Behavior approaches. Mastery Learning. Direct Instruction. Social Learning. Use of dyads and groups. Role Playing. Selecting, designing, developing active training methods. Facilities design.
Readings:Readings from Morrison, chapter 4, 6-9, or comparable alterative readings. Use this time to work on your independent reading assignment.
Activity:Reading/Posting on Blackboard every other day. Plan on 1 to 1 1/2 hours sessions.

Week 6

June 14	LESSON PLANS AND INDEPENDENT LEARNING TOOLS Implementation. Two panels for discussion of conceptual principles from textbook in comparison to actual examples. Readings:: Textbook, chapters 7-9. Agenda
June 15	INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM PLANNING More presentations and dicussion re audience response and evaluations. Review of instructional design principles applied to a program plan. Readings: Textbook chapters on evaluation and program planning Speaker: Rob Kramer, Director, Training and Development, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Agenda
June 16	COLLABORATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM DESIGN Presentations. Consideration of public relations. Readings: Exercise:
June 17	REVIEW -- FUTURE LEARNING Last class. Class evaluations. Hail and farewell! Readings: Exercise:

If you have questions or suggestions, please contact Evelyn Daniel

Date revised: June 14, 2005.