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Design and Delivery of Adult Learning Programs
ADLT 606
Dr. Terry Carter, tjcarter@vcu.edu
August 30, 2011
Agenda
University Requirements
Cell Phone Use in the Classroom
Honor Policy
Safety Issues VCU Police, 828-1234
Ride to your car, 828-WALK (9255)
VCU alert
Student Conduct
Students with Disabilities
Religious Observances
No class Nov 1
August 30
What do we know about learner engagement?
Unless you answer a learner’s question about “What’s in it for me?” within the first few minutes of the learning encounter, you may lose your learners pretty quickly.
http://youtu.be/dxPVyieptwA
A Proverb
Tell me, I will forget
Show me, I may remember
Involve me, and I will understand
Retention & Learning
Lecture
Reading
Audio-Visual
Demonstration
Discussion Group
Practice by Doing
Teach Others
5%
50%
75%
90%
20%
10%
30%
Average percent of retention of material after 24 hours for each instructional method
(Sousa, 2001)
Exercise in Program Planning Each group receives a set of sticky notes
displaying various tasks in planning a program
Your job is to organize these in a model of effective program planning
Use wall space on either side of the room to display your program plan
Be prepared to give your rationale for the steps you will take and the order of them
The discussion you have is the most important part of this exercise!
Caffarella’s Interactive Program Planning Model
Interactive Model of Program
Planning
Building a SolidBase of support
IdentifyingProgram IdeasSorting and PrioritizingProgram IdeasDeveloping
Program Objectives
DesigningInstructional Plans
DevisingTransfer of LearningPlans
FormulatingEvaluatingPlans
Making Recommendationsand CommunicatingResults
Preparing Budgetsand Marketing Plans
CoordinatingFacilities andOn-site Events
Discerning the Context
Selecting Formats, Schedules, and Staff Needs
Vella’s Assumptions about Learners and the Learning Process
The Four I’sTypes of Learning Tasks
Inductive work – connects learners with what they already know
Input – course content; new material
Implementation – try it out
Integration – asks learners how they will integrate new learning into their lives
Vella’s 7 Steps for Planning Instruction
Three Graded Assignments