Orientations for the third evaluative moment

UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMAS DE AQUINO

VICERRECTORIA GENERAL DE EDUCACIÓN ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA

ACTION RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

THIRD MOMENT ORIENTATIONS

Teacher: Carmen Enciso

THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

•When the research proposal goes beyond the simple descriptions and implements pedagogical actions such as validating didactic material designed by the researcher, evaluating new methodologies, implementing a set of strategies to improve learning or teaching processes, among others, the researcher needs to create an instructional or pedagogical design.

POINTERS TO ORGANIZE THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

Taken from Action Research in Language Teaching – Self Study guide (Teacher: Emilena Hernández) Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino.

1. Setting Institution informationTarget population information)

2. Pedagogical ProposalSpecific pedagogical approachTheoretical assumptions inspiring the pedagogical proposal.Connection between the research question(s) and pedagogical application

3. Pedagogical objectivesObjectives reffering to the pedagogical process, not the research ones.

4. ContentsThey might be organized in didactic units.

5. MethodologySpecific methods to be usedType of teaching and learning activitiesThe role of the studentsThe role of the teacher(s)Material to be used

6. Evaluation criteria7. Schedule

Sessions, core activities and contents.

SOME WEB PAGES TO VISIT What everybody ought to know

about Instructional Design

http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/what-everybody-ought-to-know-about-instructional-design/

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ADDIE (The Instructional Design Process)

http://michelemartin.typepad.com/ADDIE.pdf

SOME WEB PAGES TO VISIT Five phases of Instructional Designs

http://vfc3.project.mnscu.edu/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={221F3890-E4FB-4322-9DF7-E53F75591F35}

SOME WEB PAGES TO VISIT

Instructional Design Framework

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/learning/id/ID_framework.html

SOME WEB PAGES TO VISIT

Bloom’s taxonomy (useful for objectives and questions)http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/blooms-taxonomy.html

DEADLINE

Please, submit the instructional design to the link in the virtual room before November 5.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Responsibility to meet the deadline. Cohesion and coherence of the written paper. Include previous sections: statement of the problem,Objectives, research question(s), literature review, research design.• Relevance of ideas.

• USE OF APA STYLE