Where do you see constructive alignment and backward design used in this course or another course you are taking/have taken?
I believe that the majority of the courses I am taking or have taken meet the requirement of constructive alignment and backward design. The outline is the first thing we see from Brightspace in most courses. An outline contains the following basic information: introduction, learning objectives, assessment, and schedule. In this course, we begin to learn about the learning objectives at the beginning of each week. The objectives are what teachers expect students to know, know, and be able to do. Next, we know what the assessments are: weekly posts and feedback, an assignment involving core multimedia skills, and a multimedia design group project. Finally, we study from the lectures and materials. By doing this, instructors could make sure that the assessments accurately, purposefully, and effectively reflect the intended learning outcomes.
Is there anywhere where it seems to be missing?
In comparison to traditional teaching, I believe the backward design and constructive alignment are strongly correlated to student achievement. In order to better target student success, instructors could modify courses and programs based on the results (e.g., assignments, discussions, and exams) by the end of the semester.
chuhe song
2022-10-16 — 11:53 pm
HI shone, I think thru reading your blog you’ve really understood the concept of constructive learning by given examples of this course to fit into the whole processes of constructive design and provided great points on why these examples satisfied the constructive design principles. Also, I feel like you know more about this course than I do thru reading your description of course processes and whole layout of our activities, which really speak to the fact that you put a great effort in understanding the course template. It is good that you have also given examples to how the learning mode can be improve with good reason and insights on it. well done!
Anonymous
2022-10-16 — 11:57 pm
I couldn’t agree more with your analysis. Besides brightspace, one of the things I really like about WordPress is the categorization and organization of the pages. It makes it very clear to students what to do each week and where to find the materials and information they don’t want to find. In the weekly post, the teacher also writes out clearly all the lists, resources, tasks to be done, etc. Links to readings and videos can be easily found in the text or post or viewed directly. This allows students to know what to do at each step； what the learning objectives and tasks to be completed are. I think this leads to a very effective teaching process.
Isabella
2022-10-17 — 12:00 am
I couldn’t agree more with your analysis. Besides brightspace, one of the things I really like about WordPress is the categorization and organization of the pages. It makes it very clear to students what to do each week and where to find the materials and information they don’t want to find. In the weekly post, the teacher also writes out clearly all the lists, resources, tasks to be done, etc. Links to readings and videos can be easily found in the text or post or viewed directly. This allows students to know what to do at each step, and what the learning objectives and tasks to be completed are. I think this leads to a very effective teaching process.