Instructional Design
for the Online Course:
Creating and Developing my ePortfolio
This course is designed for the teachers and administrators who will be part of my ePortfolio team as a part of my Innovation Plan. It has a student-centered approach where learners construct their knowledge and learn at their own pace. The role of the teacher is more like a coach or mentor, providing guided choices, access to information, and social networking.
Subject: Creating and developing my ePortfolio
Level of instruction: Professional Development
Intended audience: Innovation Plan ePortfolio team (5th-grade teachers modeling ePortfolio practice with their students).
Key institutional document: Syllabus
Instructional Design Approach: Backward design OBE using Fink’s 3-Column Table
Duration: Five Weeks/Modules
This course intends to create a significant learning environment with a student-centered approach where the learners have choice, voice, and ownership through authentic learning opportunities, which gives the participants control of their learning and allows them to work at their own pace. There will not be any summative assignments, so that no grades will be given. Each assignment will drive instruction, informing the instructor what the participants know and do not know and setting the direction of the course. The learning assessments consist of feedback from the instructor and peers, open discussions and collaboration sessions, and a self-evaluation consisting of a reflection of the participant's engagement at the end of the course. Reflection is essential to ePortfolio, allowing the learner to make meaningful connections encouraging deeper, self-directed, and life-long learning.
References
Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Random House.
Fink, L. D. (2003). A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gulamhussein, A. (2013). Teaching the Teachers Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability. Center for Public Education. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NBgyzzfGs6VrNjeJRDZLnipZPGeGMDF9?usp=sharing
Harapnuik, D. (n.d.). It's About Learning. www.harapnuik.org