Please complete all parts and label them per part so I wont get confused.
Part 1
- Describe the theory of education with which you most identify.
- How does that theory influence how you view the instructor and the student?
- Do you think that someone’s educational philosophy affects how they use technology?
Part 2
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Think back to when you were a child in elementary school. What technology did you have in the classroom?
- How did it make you feel about learning?
Part 3
- Describe an educational situation where it would be appropriate to use a form of behaviorism. You can use an example from your own educational experience, from where you teach or train now or where you would like to teach or train.
Part 4
- Find an online lesson or module that you have either taken, designed, or that interests you. Describe the module and its content.
Part 5
- From the article in this week’s reading, “Web 1.0 was characterized by the existence of passive web-sites and applications providing information. Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the WWW.”
Part 6
- Business and universities are taking an interest in MOOCs and ideas like micro-credentialing. In the K12 world, teachers have to deal with larger classes, fewer support services for students, and more demands from administrators.
Part 7
Assignment 1 – Two Lessons Plans Enter; One Lesson Plan Leaves – Due Week 6 and worth 400 points
In this assignment, you will write two lesson plans on the same material using two different learning theories of technology. For the first lesson plan, you will design a lesson using technology that follows one of the 20th century theories of learning technology and its pedagogy:
- behaviorist learning theory
- cognitivist learning theory
- constructivist learning theory
For the second lesson plan, you will design a lesson teaching the same material but using a 21st century theory of learning technology and pedagogy:
- connectivism learning theory
- collaboratist learning theory
Your assignment will be a 4-6-page paper (not including your lesson plans) that compares and contrasts your lessons.
1. First, you will write your two lesson plans. You must include:
- An introduction for both lessons, which includes:
- A summary of topic and lesson content
- Demographics of students
- A description of the learning environment (public school, corporate training, online classroom, etc.)
- Lesson goals and objectives
- Each lesson plan must include:
- Materials and resources (can be different for each lesson)
- A lesson outline
- Any homework or other assigned work for the lesson
- How you will assess the lesson (It does not have to be a formal assessment. It can be through observation, directed questions, finished product, etc.)
- A technology that you will use as part of your teaching strategy.
- You can teach your entire lesson with this technology or use it for part of your lesson.
- You can use different technology for each lesson.
2. Then, you will discuss each lesson and explain:
- The learning theory and pedagogy you used.
- How your teaching strategy, activities, and assessment model the learning theory and pedagogy.
- How the technology for that lesson reflects the learning theory and pedagogy.
3. Next, you will compare and contrast:
- The strengths and weaknesses of each lesson.
- The challenges of using each method.
- Practical issues of using each method in the real world.
4. Lastly, you will explain which lesson you think works better for teaching the content and why, from a learning theory perspective.
5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
- Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
6. Provide at least five (5) references that support your analyses.
- At least three of these sources need to be from the past two (2) years.
- Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Part 8
Assignment 2 – Classroom of the Future – Due Week 10 and worth 400 points
Think—what it will be like to teach in 10 years? 20 years? What kind of classroom or learning environment do you want for the future?
Write a 6-8-page paper in which you:
- Describe your current or chosen education situation (classroom teacher, corporate trainer, online instructor, curriculum developer, etc.).
- What is the current prevalent learning theory that you see in this environment?
- Explain why you think this is.
- Research past trends in education.
- Pick one education technology that failed to make it or is now obsolete.
- Discuss why you think it did not last from a practical and theoretical perspective. For example, Channel One schools was a corporate-school partnership (started in 1989) that gave every classroom in a middle or high school a TV, two VCRs for the school, and a satellite dish. In return, students had to watch a 12-minute news program each morning, which contained 2 minutes of commercials. This program didn’t last very long even though at its peak, over 1,000 schools participated.
- Research emerging technologies in education.
- Pick the top 3 that you think will have the most impact on your current or chosen education situation for the next 10 years.
- Describe these technologies and why you think they will have an impact from a learning theory perspective.
- From your research and your own experience, what do you want the “classroom of the future” to be like in 10 years?
- Write up a detailed plan and explain your choices.
- Note this can be a physical classroom, a blended learning situation, or an online classroom.
- Explain how it works with your own philosophy of education.
- Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
- Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
- Provide at least five (5) references that support your analyses.
- At least three of these sources need to be from the past two (2) years.
- Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
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