Week 7

This week, we had a guest lecturer Stephanie Day from the E.I.T learning services come and speak to us about Pedagogies and her role as learning technologist.

Learning about what a learning technologist does was very interesting as it provided me with lots of useful information about the role which benefited me greatly as this is a career path I am thinking of taking 

Three different methodologies were covered: ADDIE, OTARA and Rapid Prototyping.

The ADDIE methodology is a waterfall model that involves Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation (VirtualMV, 2014)

The OTARA Methodology stands for Objectives, Theme (or context), Activities, Resources and Assessment (VirtualMV, 2014)

Personally, I think that the OTARA model is the most effective design tool to use when developing a course. This is because it puts a focus on content and allows for an information rich, well designed course. Its also effective because, as you design the OTARA, you can plan the layout of your course, using the OTARA as a guide to make sure that all relevant information, activities, etc is included.

The technologies used this week for delivery on Monday worked quite well. One technology used that I thought stood out for effectiveness was the brainstorming app that Stephanie used. This is because it allowed the students tuning in from home through Adobe connect to be actively participating in the lesson. Apart from the issues with sound that were experienced listening from home, I think the rest of the technology used was very effective.



Reference:

VirtualMV, 2014. Instructional design models.Retrieved from http://wikieducator.org/VirtualMV/Digital_Learning_Technologies/Pedagogies/Instructional_Design_Models