Lindsay McCraith's Portfolio Page

Navigation links: ETAP 623 Spring 2024 | Link to my mini-course front page

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About Me

My name is Lindsay McCraith, I live in Oswego, NY. I started my education at Onondaga Community College where I received my Associate's Degree in Liberal Arts and Humanities. I then attended the State University of New York at Cortland College, where I received my Bachelor's Degree in Inclusive Childhood Education, certified in 1-6 General Education and B-12 Special Education. Now I am attending the University at Albany for my Master's Degree in Curriculum Design and Instructional Technology.

Currently, I am a Special Education preschool teacher which I love, and am learning so much. My goal is to become a teacher within a district as an Inclusive Special Education teacher starting in the Fall. Then, in the long term, I hope to become a special education director or education professor.

In my free time, I enjoy going to community sporting events, spending time with my family and friends, kayaking, skiing, and going to the lake.

My Topic and Purpose

(MOD 4) Flesh out a paragraph here to describe 1) what your mini-course is about, and 2) why you choose this topic.

Scope of Learning Outcomes and Content

(MOD 4) Add text here to analyze what types of knowledge/skills/attitude your mini-course means to develope. (This description will set a general direction and scope for your project. More detailed learning objectives and unit topics will be defined after you have done needs assessment and analysis of the learner.)

Needs Assessment

(MOD 5) Report findings from your needs analysis to clarify the gap of knowledge/skills that exists related to your mini-course topic. See the chapter of Shambaugh & Magliaro (1997) Needs Assessment provided in Mod 5. You may use a literature review or/and survey to inform your analysis of the current reality, the "ideal," and the gap in between.

You may use the following subheadings to organize your report in this section (feel free to adjust as you need).

The educational problem or opportunity
The learners/participants involved (be brief here; more detailed analysis to be added in the following section)
Analysis of gaps in term of know vs. need to know (reality vs. ideal)
Existing efforts to address this gap
Intent statement: how will this mini-course help your participants address their needs?

Analysis of the Learner and Context

(MOD 5) Write here your more detailed analysis of your learner and the context in which they will learn using this mini-course. Who are the participants (learners)? Prior personal/cultural experiences, knowledge and skills, or interests they have? In what settings will they use this mini-course to learn? How much time will they spend? What resources will they need?

Performance-Based Objectives

(MOD 6) Define course-level target objective (not the learning units yet). The objectives need to describe what the learner will be able to perform/do as the result of learning with this course. Consider the important learning gains and consider how the participants may demonstrate it or use it to do something authentic. Communicate the objectives using clear, performance-based terms, such as:

After completing this mini-course, learners will be able to:

...

Task and Content Analysis

(MOD 7-8) For each course-level target objective, consider 1) what the participants need to know in order to achieve this objective (e.g. the prerequisites that enable or support the objective); 2) what specific learning content and activities may address the prerequisites and target objectives. Then consider how the learning contents and activities will be organized into a process of learning through several learning units (e.g. 3-5). See example Task Analysis).

Curriculum Map

(MOD 7-8) Upload a visual map to show the sequence of learning units, each with its own objectives and activities. The units should work coherently to support the achievement of the ultimate objectives of the whole mini-course. Use this map to guide the creation of the actual learning units while adapting it when needed. The key idea is to fine-tune the objective-content/process-assessment alignment.