Internship Week Four

Week of June 2.

This week was spent completing the learning and teaching analysis. I also spent some time reviewing the principles of instruction that relate to computer-based instruction.

Workers have a gap in performance. New workers have a difficult time applying the formulas and mathematical learning to real world work situations. This is a brief description of the gap between current and desired performance. The goal for the learners is to demonstrate mastery of the concepts for both engineering and equipment operator jobs and to be able to demonstrate proficiency with those concepts and content by completing exercises and problems which simulate real-life job situations.

The constraints of the situation of the learners require that learning be easily deliverable across a wide geographic area with a minimum necessary interaction from an instructor to assist students as they progress through the course. Feedback is a critical component of this type of learning which is quite linear in its progression and requires sufficient understanding of each level before progressing to the next. Because of this it will be important to have embedded questions in the instruction which provide formative assessment for the learners as well as an opportunity to practice. It's important that the summative questions are realistic and are directly related to on-the-job experiences workers will have to promote greater transfer.

I also started working on the learning matrix for the material. The instructional content that exists in the original print material fits extremely well with the objectives of the department currently. It has formative assessment and summative

Reflection

As it was the case during the 520(IDT520) course I found that this process is a rather exhaustive. I hope that this is in relation to the amount of content. The workbook that is outdated from 10 years ago is well done and has the content well defined. It has served well as a guide for creating a learning matrix. There are a few new technologies that have to be included. GPS for example was not something that was a commonly used technology then, but is now.

Mike