An Instructional Design Prototype

RUNNING HEAD: An Instructional Design Prototype 1

An Instructional Resource Prototype

Antecedents

Instructional resources can be costly in time and effort to develop. Creating rough

drafts or prototypes of instructional resources will help any teacher or instructor

evaluate and revise the resources before one commits the time and effort to make a

final version that can be used as part of a current or future course.

In addition, a prototype allows us to review and revise our own resources, making

sure each single resource is supporting the desired learning objectives and goals of

the course one gets to be teaching.

In this Assignment, from the instructor’s point of view, I want to show how I

developed a prototype for one instructional resource from my Action Plan (which is

posted right here by as Blog Post #157) and that is reproduced too at the end.

I wanted to analyze how that resource supported my learning objectives for the

online course I was –at that point- developing. This can give you a rough idea of

how the ADDIE model for producing instructional material.

Then, I explored how to mitigate implementation challenges that could arise for my

instructional resource.

Putting Language Teaching Pieces Together 2

Prof. Jonathan Acuña-Solano

The Actual Plan

In my action plan for my Materials Design course at the university level, it was

indeed essential to visually provide learners with some sort of aid for them to build their

own reading activities for their current or future EFL/ESL students. As someone who

constantly browses the web to try to spot new material and media to be used in my

courses, it is often difficult to find what I would simply call tailor-made ones. So, when

there is no such a thing still available on the web, it is our instructor’s task to create it to

give to our students for the understanding of the subject-matter and for them to

accomplish the learning outcome of a unit, week, or module in our course outline and

program.

In my action plan, I highlighted an instructional resource I do not think it really

exists. It is highlighted in red, and included here as well:

Instructional Resource Video or slideshow to display how a reading

activity is designed



What would a prototype media look like to help students understand how a reading

activity for language learners is designed?

Steps Parts Use

Intro and outro creation Media introduction and outro for course media

It will introduce the institution, the course, and the topic to be covered.

Video Sketch Design on how the information will be displayed for the students

This will guide the creator on what needs to be done in each part of the video or slideshow.

Script for the video Instructor’s words and highlights of things that need to be explained

This is recorded with the instructor’s voice where s/he explains, e.g., how a reading activity is created.

Choice of media and software

Instructor’s decision on how to display information and which computer programs are needed to produce it

Instructor will decide which the best way to display the information is. Secondly, s/he needs to decide which program is the best one for his/her educational purpose.

Edition All parts are produced and need to be put together

Instructor needs to edit and put the “puzzle” together to create his final cut for the media project.

Publishing Instructor’s decision where to host his/her final cut

Once the final cut has been produced, it is the instructor’s task to decide where his/her production is going to be uploaded.

Embedding

Instructor’s decision on how his/her media is going to be embedded in the institution’s LMS

Instructor –based on his/her chronogram decides where and when the new media is embedded to be used as the instructional resource.

If asked about the challenges in regards to this piece on instructional resource, I

must admit that it has to do with the students’ reaction towards it. Its success can only



be measured if the learning outcomes are produced, and depending on how well it is

achieved, then we can say that is good. If not, we need to start over again with the

analysis, based on the ADDIE model, to mitigate the misleading impact it can produce.

Doing something like this is indeed a challenge.

Action Plan for Materials Design

Creating an EFL Reading Exercise for A1+ Learners

Learning

Objective

Instructional

Strategy

Instructional

Resource

What needs to

be done to

develop this

resource

Who will do

this?

When do I

need this?

What

challenges

may prevent

me

from

developing

or

implementing

this resource?

How will I

address

these

challenges?

“Students

will design

an EFL

reading

activity

using an

activity

template

with 90%

accuracy.”

1. EFL

reading

template

and

theoretical

rationale

a) reading

template for

reading

activity

design

b) article or

media on

reading

tasks design

- a high

quality

template

needs to

be found

- a good

article on

pdf needs

to be

found

* the

teacher is

responsible

for this

From the

beginning

of the

course

- I may not

be able to

find an

appropriate

template

or/and

theory

article.

- I will

create the

template

myself.

- I will write

a short

article for

my

students.

2. Visual

explanation

of how to

structure a

reading

activity

a) Video or

slideshow

to display

how a

reading

activity is

designed

- a video

or

slideshow

needs to

be

produced

by the

instructor

* the

teacher

with some

help from

the IT

Department

From the

beginning

of the

course

- I may find

some

difficulty in

getting the

assistance

from IT.

- Sts could

have

trouble

watching

the

- Because I

have some

training on

video

production,

I will create

the video or

slideshow

myself.

- I will have

either the



embedded

video.

video or

slideshow

outside the

course LMS

and hosted

to allow

students

view the

media

produced for

them.

3. Visual

explanation

of how to

move

activities

onto a

google sites,

here used

as an

ePortfolio

a) video or

slideshow to

instruct sts

how to

upload,

embed, or

display

activities in

google sites

- a video

or

slideshow

needs to

be

identified

to be

embedded

in the

course

* the

teacher

From the

beginning

of the

course

- I may find

some

difficulty in

getting the

assistance

from IT.

- Sts could

have

trouble

watching

the

embedded

video.

- I will

depend on

myself first

of all in case

the IT

people are

too busy to

give a hand.

- Media will

be uploaded

on different

hosting

services to

prevent

trouble in

visualization.

Concluding Remarks

Basically what we have here is an attempt to help oneself find the suitable steps

to create instructional pieces that can facilitate student knowledge acquisition. As soon

as learners have gotten the information required, the next step is to find (a) way(s) to

help them develop their skills, so they can visualize how this skills can actually become a

competence they can exercise at work. By means of this, we have indeed helped students

learn something deeply.



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An Instructional Design Prototype