Talk:Ray Boss's Portfolio Page

Instructor comments on your outcomes, needs assessment, and learner analysis -- Jz833665 (talk) 10:29, 4 October 2014 (EDT)

Hi Ray,

You've had a great start of this design project. Although you did not have a chance to do a survey/interview, your analysis of needs and the learner based on your own experience and related references clarifies the need/gap well. Nice work! {Thanks, I actually did conduct a brief survey a little late as well. I added a section regarding the results under what is to be learned. It was created mostly as an aid for me to help determine what the course will emphasize. - Ray}

A few suggestions: Based on the fact that many educators perceiving multiple choice questions as mainly assessing low order learning outcomes, you may give more emphasis on how to use such assessment items to assess high-order learning. {A section has been added under Topic/Purpose addressing this. Do you think it belongs more in the instructional problem section? - Ray}

: It's ok to leave it there. jz

You may also add a section/paragraph after your topic overview to lay out the various of types of learning outcomes this topic involves: verbal information, intellectual skills, attitudes...

{I feel a bit redundant listing the same info as specified in the learning outcomes. What do you think of my changes in the Topic/Purpose section? - Ray}

: It's fine to characterize the outcomes in the section of Topic/Purpose. jz

instructor comment on your task analysis and instructional curriculum map -- Jianwei Zhang (talk) 15:15, 3 November 2014 (EST)

Hi Ray,

Your performance objectives are clearly defined. Your curriculum map sequences your objectives into a clear lesson structures, with entry level knowledge and skills defined. Nice work!

A clarification/refinement you may make is to make clear how your performance objectives are consistently reflected in your map. If some of the objectives are too long to be written in your map, you may give each objective a number (e.g. objective 1) and use this number in your map.

: Thanks for the feedback. I just made an edit to reflect your suggestion. I agree, it looks cleaner. Also, I numbered the performance objectives and moved them to directly above the curriculum map for reference.