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Real World Lesson:

Professional Development

Lesson Details………………………………………………………...............………………..2

Lesson Plan………………………………………………………………………………..……..3-6

Formative Assessment………………………………………………………………….……..6

Summative Assessment…………………………………………………………..………..6-8

Reflection…………………………………………………………………………………………….8

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Lesson Details

Subject/Lesson Title

Desire2Learn – Professional Development for College Professors

ISTE Standards for Teachers

Engage in professional growth and leadership: Teachers continuously improve their professional

practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by

promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.

a. Participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of

technology to improve student learning.

c. Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make

effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning.

d. Contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their

school and community.

Link to ISTE Standards for Teachers: http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/20-14_ISTE_Standards-T_PDF.pdf

Goal

Professors will learn and understand how to create a basic online learning module in Desire2learn (D2L).

Learning Environment

Blended – Each week I will meet with the professors online through a Blackboard Collaborate online

room and face-to-face in a meeting room.

Materials

Internet, Blackboard Collaborate, a face-to-face meeting room, laptops, D2L

Length of Time

8 weeks

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Lesson Plan

Week 1

Objective: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to customize a D2L

homepage with at least two widgets.

Lesson: I will meet the professors in an online Blackboard Collaborate room and face-to-face in a

meeting room. Professors who meet face-to-face will be asked to bring their laptops to the meeting so

they can join the online room and follow along in D2L. During the meeting we will discuss how to

customize a D2L homepage and edit widgets on the homepage. Professors would have been sent a

video tutorial on how to customize a D2L homepage and edit widgets on the homepage prior to this

meeting. This way I can answer their questions and focus on areas they had trouble understanding. At

the end of the meeting I will ask professors how the D2L professional development can be improved.

This will give professors the opportunity to provide me with feedback.

Homework: Professors will find a lesson they can use in the future and start to build their online D2L

module based on that lesson. Professors will create a custom homepage for the lesson they choose.

Professors will watch a video tutorial on how to create modules and sub-modules under the table of

contents. The video will include the different ways they can manipulate the modules and sub-modules.

Professors will be given a link to a Padlet wall that they can complete if they wish. The Padlet wall will be

a way for professors to provide me with feedback about the D2L professional development.

Week 2

Objective: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to add modules and

sub-modules to the table of contents on D2L.

Lesson: I will meet the professors in an online Blackboard Collaborate room and face-to-face in a

meeting room. Professors who meet face-to-face will be asked to bring their laptops to the meeting so

they can join the online room and follow along in D2L. At the start of the meeting I will take any

questions professors have about week one’s material. Then we will discuss how to create modules and

sub-modules under the table of contents as well as how to manipulate the modules and sub modules. I

will answer the questions they have from watching the video tutorial and focus on areas they had

trouble understanding. At the end of the meeting I will ask professors how the D2L professional

development can be improved. This will give professors the opportunity to provide me with feedback.

Homework: Professors will begin to put and organize the content of their lesson into modules and sub-

modules under the table of contents. Professors will watch a video tutorial on how to create and edit a

webpage on a module and sub module in D2L. Professors will be given a link to a Padlet wall that they

can complete if they wish. The Padlet wall will be a way for professors to provide me with feedback

about the D2L professional development.

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Week 3

Objective: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to create and edit a

webpage on a module and sub-module in D2L.

Lesson: I will meet the professors in an online Blackboard Collaborate room and face-to-face in a

meeting room. Professors who meet face-to-face will be asked to bring their laptops to the meeting so

they can join the online room and follow along in D2L. At the start of the meeting I will take any

questions professors have about week two’s material. Then we will discuss how to create and edit a

webpage on a module and sub-module. I will answer the questions they have from watching the video

tutorial and focus on areas they had trouble understanding. At the end of the meeting I will ask

professors how the D2L professional development can be improved. This will give professors the

opportunity to provide me with feedback.

Homework: Professors will create and edit at least one webpage on a module and a sub-module for

their lesson in D2L. Professors will watch a video tutorial on how to create a discussion board on D2L

and connect the discussion board to the table of contents. Professors will be given a link to a Padlet wall

that they can complete if they wish. The Padlet wall will be a way for professors to provide me with

feedback about the D2L professional development.

Week 4

Objective: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to create a discussion

board on D2L and connect the discussion board to the table of contents.

Lesson: I will meet the professors in an online Blackboard Collaborate room and face-to-face in a

meeting room. Professors who meet face-to-face will be asked to bring their laptops to the meeting so

they can join the online room and follow along in D2L. At the start of the meeting I will take any

questions professors have about week three’s material. Then we will discuss how to create a discussion

board on D2L and connect the discussion board to the table of contents. I will answer the questions they

have from watching the video tutorial and focus on areas they had trouble understanding. At the end of

the meeting I will ask professors how the D2L professional development can be improved. This will give

professors the opportunity to provide me with feedback.

Homework: Professors will create a discussion board for their lesson in D2L and connect it to their table

of contents. Professors will watch a video tutorial on how to create a quiz on D2L and connect it to the

table of contents. Professors will be given a link to a Padlet wall that they can complete if they wish. The

Padlet wall will be a way for professors to provide me with feedback about the D2L professional

development.

Week 5

Objective: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to create a quiz on

D2L and connect it to the table of contents.

Lesson: I will meet the professors in an online Blackboard Collaborate room and face-to-face in a

meeting room. Professors who meet face-to-face will be asked to bring their laptops to the meeting so

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they can join the online room and follow along in D2L. At the start of the meeting I will take any

questions professors have about week four’s material. Then we will discuss how to create a quiz on D2L

and connect it to the table of contents. I will answer the questions they have from watching the video

tutorial and focus on areas they had trouble understanding. At the end of the meeting I will ask

professors how the D2L professional development can be improved. This will give professors the

opportunity to provide me with feedback.

Homework: Professors will create a quiz for their lesson in D2L and connect it to their table of contents.

Professors will watch a video tutorial on how to create a checklist on D2L that includes links for where

things are located in the module. Professors will be given a link to a Padlet wall that they can complete if

they wish. The Padlet wall will be a way for professors to provide me with feedback about the D2L

professional development.

Week 6

Objective: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to create a checklist

on D2L that includes links for where things are located in the module.

Lesson: I will meet the professors in an online Blackboard Collaborate room and face-to-face in a

meeting room. Professors who meet face-to-face will be asked to bring their laptops to the meeting so

they can join the online room and follow along in D2L. At the start of the meeting I will take any

questions professors have about week five’s material. Then we will discuss how to create a checklist on

D2L that includes links for where things are located in the module. I will answer the questions they have

from watching the video tutorial and focus on areas they had trouble understanding. At the end of the

meeting I will ask professors how the D2L professional development can be improved. This will give

professors the opportunity to provide me with feedback.

Homework: Professors will create a checklist for their lesson in D2L that includes links for where things

are located in the module. Professors will have their online learning modules on D2L complete by week

seven’s meeting. Professors will be given a link to a Padlet wall that they can complete if they wish. The

Padlet wall will be a way for professors to provide me with feedback about the D2L professional

development.

Week 7

Objective: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will have created an online

learning module on D2L for one of their lessons.

Lesson: I will meet the professors in an online Blackboard Collaborate room and face-to-face in a

meeting room. Professors who meet face-to-face will be asked to bring their laptops to the meeting so

they can join the online room and follow along in D2L. At the start of the meeting I will take any

questions professors have about week six’s material. Then professors will wrap up their online learning

modules and I will help them do so. Lastly, I will walk the professors through how to add me to the class

their learning modules are in that way I can view them and provide the professors with feedback. At the

end of the meeting I will ask professors how the D2L professional development can be improved. This

will give professors the opportunity to provide me with feedback.

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Homework: Professors will be given a link to a Padlet wall that they can complete if they wish. The

Padlet wall will be a way for professors to provide me with feedback about the D2L professional

development.

Week 8

Objective: None since I am giving professors my feedback for their online learning modules on D2L.

Lesson: I will meet the professors in an online Blackboard Collaborate room and face-to-face in a

meeting room. Professors who meet face-to-face will be asked to bring their laptops to the meeting so

they can join the online room and follow along in D2L. I will give professors my feedback on their online

learning modules on D2L. I will provide professors feedback by completing an “Objective Guide” for their

online learning modules. The “Objective Guide” can be found below under Summative Assessment. I will

also present each professor with a certificate stating that they are proficient in creating online learning

modules in D2L.

Homework: Professors will be given a link to a Padlet wall that they can complete if they wish. The

Padlet wall will be a way for professors to provide me with feedback about the D2L professional

development.

Formative Assessment Each meeting I will see how professors are doing and how things went when they applied what they

learned the previous week to their online learning modules on D2L.

Each meeting I will see what questions professors had about the video tutorial they watched for

homework and what they were having trouble understanding.

Each meeting professors will provide me with feedback about the D2L professional development.

Summative Assessment

Objective Guide

Objective 1: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to customize a D2L

homepage with at least two widgets.

Feedback:

Ways to Improve:

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Objective 2: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to add modules and

sub-modules to the table of contents on D2L.

Feedback:

Ways to Improve:

Objective 3: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to create and edit a

webpage on a module and sub-module in D2L.

Feedback:

Ways to Improve:

Objective 4: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to create a

discussion board on D2L and connect the discussion board to the table of contents.

Feedback:

Ways to Improve:

Objective 5: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to create a quiz on

D2L and connect it to the table of contents.

Feedback:

Ways to Improve:

Objective 6: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will be able to create a checklist

on D2L that includes links for where things are located in the module.

Feedback:

Ways to Improve:

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Objective 7: At the end of the D2L professional development professors will have created an online

learning module on D2L for one of their lessons.

Feedback:

Ways to Improve:

Reflection I think when learners apply what they are learning in a meaningful way and it applies to them they will

remember the material better, which is what this lesson is all about. Each week the professors watch a

video tutorial and learn how to apply the video tutorial to an online learning module they are creating in

D2L. This lesson reaches visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. This way each professor has an equal

chance and opportunity to learn the material and create an online learning module. The module the

professors are creating is for a lesson they will do in the future. On the SAMR model, this lesson would

fall under “modification” since professors are using D2L to enhance a lesson they already have. On

Bloom’s Taxonomy this lesson would fall under “creating” since professors are using what they are

learning to create an online learning module on D2L.