ETAP 623 Fall 2024

The ETAP 623 class (offered online at https://brightspace.albany.edu/d2l/home/1095199) will use this wiki space to work on our ID project. Each of you will create a mini-course, deploying your knowledge and skills learned about the principles and processes of instructional design. It is our goal to carry out authentic instructional design and development to produce mini-courses for real use, as Open Educational Resources (OER) for teacher learning, improvement, and innovation.

Please review the following statement regarding the open access nature of KNILT and confirm that you agree to share your instructional design work in this space: https://forms.gle/GSCFo2WHEV5kpuCu5
Even after confirming, you still have the choice to request that your pages be removed from this site at a later point, such as after your class is completed.
If you want to prevent your work from being publicly visited, please email your instructor directly.
For more info about how this project works to address authentic educational needs, see UAlbany news report: ETAP Students Create Mini-Courses to Empower 21st Century Educators.

An Overview of the ID Project

The ID process

The ID project expects you to exercise the processes of instructional design as we study/read about each ID process in ETAP 623. The ID processes will be documented in your ID portfolio page.

Template: Sample Student's Portfolio Page Two completed examples:
- Sarah Stolberg: Sarah Stolberg's Portfolio Page; Taking a Strengths-Based Approach to Teaching STEM in Rural Schools
- Stephanie Cambrea: Stephanie Cambrea's Portfolio Page; Hands-On Manipulatives in Mathematics

End Product

As your end product, you will produce a mini-course for teacher learning, with teachers as your target learner/audience. The mini-course will include a front page that links to the actual learning units (e.g. 3-5 units). Use the Mini-Course front page template to organize your mini-course with navigation links to the learning units. You can see more example mini-courses featured at KNILT Home.

Project Agenda

The design processes are scheduled as ETAP 623 Fall 2024 Design Project Agenda.

Evaluation Criteria

This design process (portfolio) and end product (mini-course) will be evaluated based on the following Evaluation_criteria

General Suggestions

Please click here to see General Suggestions and Feedback from the instructor

It is always a good idea to first draft your text in a word processing package and then save it outside of the wiki. Back-ups are always handy to have!
Wisdom and suggestions from prior students: KNILT Student Experiences (summarized by Annette DiGuiseppi). See more very helpful reflections and suggestions from a few ETAP 623 students here.

Video Guides and Wiki Editing

See the video guides:
- How this project works and how to set up your ID portfolio page: ID project guide Video
- How to add your ID portfolio page link to the Class Project List
- What you need to do and report each week in your portfolio page
See KNILT Editing Tips, try out wiki editing here: Sandbox
Remember to NAME OUR WIKI PAGES USING UNIQUE TITLES. For example, instead of "unit 1" or "lesson 1" you should use "Unit 1: Specific Title..." Similarly, for your curriculum maps and other attached files, please also use unique filenames such as "ICM_your name.doc"

Set up your ID Portfolio Page and Mini-Course Front Page

During Mod 2, Create your ID portfolio page (for documenting your ongoing ID processes as described in the Project Agenda), using the template Sample Student's Portfolio Page. Steps: 1) type "Your name's ID portfolio" and click Create Page, 2) see template pre-loaded, click "Save Page" at the bottom, 3) click Edit Page to add your text, 4) add your name and ID portfolio page link to the "Class members' ID Project List" (below). See the ID project guide Video and How to add your name below and link to your ID page

Later when your mini-course title is finalized (in Mod 8-9) create your mini-course front page (for organizing your final mini-course as the ID product), using the Mini-Course front page template. See the video guide. Steps: 1) type your mini-course title below and click Create Page, 2) see the template pre-loaded, click Save Page (near the bottom), 3) click Edit Page to add your text:

Class members' ID Project List

Please add your name below, followed by the link your ID portfolio page. (Later after you have decided your topics, you will add your mini-course title linked to the mini-course front page.)

Name: Name's Portfolio Page (link); Student1's mini-course: course title (link to front page)

Group 1

Breianna Fish: Breianna Fish's Portfolio page: Teaching and Assessing Historical Thinking and Global Awareness

Kathy Boyle: Kathy Boyle's ID portfolio, Assessment for Curriculum Improvement

Jonathon Fretto: Jonathon Fretto's portfolio page (Early river valley civilizations)

Heather Mize: Heather Mize Portfolio Page (Teaching financial literacy to young adults), Heather Mize Mini-Lesson: Financial Literacy

Angela Ruggieri: Angela Ruggieri's Portfolio Page (Integrating financial literacy with math) Integrating Financial Literacy With Math: Frontpage of a Mini-Course (by Angela Ruggieri)

Group 2

TiffanyFrancis: Tiffanyfrancis ID portfolio page (Immersive Technologies) Tiffany Francis's Mini-Course: Immersive Technologies for Learning

Alejandro Mundo: Alejandro Mundo's Portfolio Page (Studying climate change with remote sensing technology)

Lori Greene: Lori Greene's Portfolio Page (Edutainment) Lori Greene's Edutainment Mini-Course

Daniel Fitzsimmons Cruz: Daniel Fitzsimmons Cruz's ID Portfolio Page (Museum-based learning about animals in NYS) Daniel Fitzsimmons Cruz's Mini-Course: Animals of New York State

Yerbol Sandybayev: Yerbol Sandybayev's Portfolio Page; Yerbol Sandybayev's mini-course: Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)

Group 3

Nick Huber: Nick Huber's ID Portfolio (Using scientific phenomena for science teaching)

Anthony Gray: Anthony Gray's ID Portfolio (Using AI to Transform Your Classroom), Anthony Gray's Mini Course (Front Page)

Jayna Dwarika: Jayna_Dwarika_ID_Portfolio (Error analysis in math and beyond) , Mini- course front page: Error Analysis in Math and Beyond

Elizabeth Pegarella: Elizabeth Pegarella's ID Portfolio; Mini-Course: Understanding the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency learning standards

Amber O'Connell: Amber O'Connell's ID Portfolio ; Amber O’Connell’s mini-course: Learning Medical Terminology

Group 4

Julia Lee Tash: Julia Lee Tash's ID portfolio, Using Fiction Books to Teach Real Standards

Keana Heim: Keana Heim's portfolio page; Reading modern literature

Hannah Knapp: Hannah Knapp's Portfolio Page; Hannah Knapp's Mini Course: Reciprocal Teaching in ELA

Julia Labrozzi-Cantley: Julia Labrozzi-Cantley ID Portfolio (Cultivating Cultural Competence Through Spanish Language, Literature, and Art)

Keith Blake: Keith Blake's Portfolio Page Backwards History of Pop Music

Group 5

Matilda Contreras: Matilda Contreras' ID Portfolio (Social Emotional Learning at the Elementary Level)

Eileen Traver: Eileen Traver's ID Portfolio (Classroom Circles as a restorative community building approach)

Jasmine Rojas: Jasmine Rojas's ID portfolio page (Bridging the Achievement Gap with SEL and Productive Struggle)

Soraya Pharel: Soraya Pharel ID portfolio (Supporting Communication in Children with Autism)

Jenna Piscitella: Jenna Piscitella's ID Portfolio Page (Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD))

Kalynn Twist: Kalynn Twist's ID Portfolio