Teaching Adults Learning Experience Plan and Analysis

Objectives and Alignment:

1. Students will design and develop a learning experience for adult learners.
2. Students will develop an implementation plan for teaching in the classroom.
3. Students will develop an assessment plan for the learning experience.

This assignment objective aligns with Course Objectives A, B, C, and D.

Purpose:

The purpose of this assignment is for you to take what you have learned about adult learners, adult educators, learners, design, learning, and teaching and apply it. So, while we are unable to conduct our teaching demonstrations as planned, we will prepare for them as though we were doing them.  The Instructional Plan/Storyboard was the first phase of this and meant to give you a bit of a head start on this assignment.

Assignment:

This assignment will assess your ability to prepare for and reflect on the potential for actually teaching adults in a classroom environment.  Think of this as one class of at least 1 hour on your selected topic area.

Lesson Plan:

For the purposes of the final project, I would like to see you complete the Lesson Plan template thoroughly.  This is a tool and much different than the kind of plan that you would find in K-12.  This is a starting point.  Please feel free to add to it and change it as much as you would like as long as those concepts on there are still discussed thoroughly.   At the end of the Lesson Plan, I did add what appendices I would like to see attached which will be discussed in turn below.

Activities:

I would like to see you attach worksheets, video links, readings (links) or statements about the readings included for your class.  Make sure to contextualize the activities so that I am able to see how they fit into your lesson plan.  The formatting is up to you as long as it is organized and clear.

Assessments:

I would like to see you attach your assessments for your class.  If it is a quiz, I would like to see the quiz and answer key.  If it is an assignment, I would like to see the prompt, etc.  Again, make sure to contextualize the activities so I am to see how they fit into your lesson plan.  The formatting is up to you as long as it is organized and clear.

Tentative Schedule:

I would like to see you attach a schedule of how you will move the instruction through the hour.  How long will be spent on each aspect?  For example, we may spend 10 minutes discussion the previous night’s reading, before moving on to a 15 minute quiz.  This can be in any format as long as it is organized and clear.

Teaching Evaluation:

I would like to see you create a survey to provide for your learners on the learning experience and your teaching.  This should very clearly reference what it means to be an effective adult educator and create adult learning experiences.

Teaching Reflection:

To accomplish this, you will need to discuss the process of creating the learning experience (class).  What have you learned about teaching adults, not only in this assignment, but just in this course in general?  What does this tell you about what it means to be an effective adult educator?  What do you think you will particularly excel at?  What do you think you will struggle with as an adult educator and how would you address those weaknesses?  If you had to sum up what it means to teach adults in one sentence, what would it be?  Why?  Add any additional information that you would like. Connect your reflection to our readings or outside scholarly or trade publications; please be sure to do so using APA Style Manual, 6^th Edition. Use one-inch margins, double-spaced, and Times New Roman font, 12-point. Be sure to use section headings within your paper. This will help break up the paper.  Let me know if you have any questions.

The assignment deliverable should include the following:

• Lesson Plan
• Instructional Plan/Storyboard (previously submitted, but please include again)
• Activities
• Assessments
• Tentative Schedule
• Teaching Evaluation
• Teaching Reflection
• Reference Page

Deliverable:

Learning Experience Plan and Analysis Assignment via the Blackboard Assignment tool which the paper described above.

Resources:

APA Style Formatting

Use the actual APA Style Reference Manual. These sources are only to be used as support. Refer to the book you purchased for the class as the ultimate resource.

Purdue’s Online Writing Lab APA Formatting Site –  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

APA’s Office Site – http://www.apastyle.org/

Easy Bib’s Site for APA Formatting – http://www.easybib.com/guides/students/writing-guide/iv-write/a-formatting/apa-paper-formatting/

Grammar Reference

Education First’s Grammar Site – http://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/

Writing Learning Objectives

WKU’s Learning Objectives Tutorial – https://www.wku.edu/ste/objectives/index.php

Lesson Plan

Template

Lesson Plan

Title:

Context:  What is this about?  Where will it take place?  Under what conditions?

Learner Analysis: Who are your learners?  Describe them in detail and explain how it will affect your design.

Objectives:  What are your terminal objectives?  What are your enabling objectives?

Activities:  What will the learners do to help them prepare for the assessments?  Why are they appropriate?  Will they be done individually or as a group?  How long will it take learners to complete them?  Will it be in or out of class?

Assessments:  How will you assess your learners?  Why are these assessments appropriate given your objectives?    How long will it take learners to complete them?  Will it be in or out of class?  Will they be done individually or as a group?

Learning Theories/Instructional Models Used: What theories and/or models did you use to guide the design and development of this instruction?  Why were they appropriate?

Implementation:  What materials and resources will you need for this?  How long will it be?  How will you evaluate how effective you were as an educator?

Physical Space Analysis: Where will this be taught?  What equipment will be needed?  Are there any considerations like seating configuration that will need to be adjusted to best meet the needs of your learners?  Why or why not?

Potential Issues: What potential issues do you see learners facing with this learning experience?  Both within the classroom itself as well as with the content.  Provide some potential solutions as well.

Appendices:

• Instructional Plan/Storyboard for Learning Experience (This was previously submitted for the Instructional Plan Assignment but I would like it attached here as well).
• Activities
• Assessments
• Tentative Schedule
• Teaching Evaluation
• Teaching Reflection
• Reference List