3. Instructional Planning

Active Learning

Active Learning is a set of instructional practices and activities that allow student to engage with the content of the class in a meaningful way.

Gagne’s 9 Events of Instruction

Gagne’s 9 events of instruction is an instructional strategy that focuses on organize lessons around 9 steps (or events) that will boost student learning and engagement.

Flipped Learning

Flipped Learning is an instructional approach that allows for students to engage with the content of the course before class, leaving in-class time to work on meaningful activities.

Creating Significant Learning Experiences

L. D. Fink proposes an instructional design model that takes into consideration the situational factors. These situational factors are the variables that affect and influence college classrooms.

ADDIE Model

This video explains what the ADDIE model is and how it can be implemented.

Unpacking Learning Outcomes

The process of unpacking learning outcomes helps instructors to see how course learning outcomes and classroom instruction align. This guide provides a step-by-step process.

Lesson Map Template

A guide for creating engaging lesson plans for online and face to face instruction

Lesson Map Template

Formulating Significant Learning Goals

“A year after this course is over, I want and hope that my students will…” This phrase is the cornerstone for Dee Fink approach regarding Designing Significant Learning Goals (Learning Outcomes). This document provides an overview regarding this method.

Weekly Lesson Plan Template

This templates can support you in the design of learning experiences aiming student engagement and interaction in the class.

Backwards Design

This document provides an introduction to Backwards Design.

Indispensable Skills and Deep Conversations

Our Menu of Learning is extensive and presents a good window into what we offer for our faculty and staff. We listen to people from many departments across our region and across our programs to provide sessions that teach skills and aid in diving deeper into teaching. When we cover how to create discussions and […]

Reflections on Student Reactions to Paid and Free Course Materials

In recent years, I have been involved in groups at Kirkwood that are interested in free resources for students. These include open educational resources (OER) as well as other articles, videos, and websites that students can access at no cost. Currently in Introduction to Psychology, I require students to purchase access to a program called […]

The Joy of Learning: Learning Made Personalized

Have you ever watched the Bob Ross “The Joy of Painting” series? When I was watching his instructional videos a few days ago, I was asking myself: “What made his show so unique or even better than a face to face painting class for me?” In his twenty-first episode of The Joy of Painting, Bob […]

Student Centered Ecosystem

Dr. Lydia Hartunian is a professor of Philosophy & Humanities at Kirkwood Community College. She is also a Professional Development Fellow for KCELT. I asked Lydia how she teaches philosophy and humanities to undergraduates in a way that is interesting and fun. With her sense of humor, Lydia said, “I probably should not say this […]

Multiliteracies & OERs – Teaching with Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a tool that supports two of my passions in instructional design and pedadogy.  The first is integrating multiliteracies into the curriculum and the other is using and creating open educational resources or OERs.  Before getting into OERs, I wanted to share some questions to help you get into the design mindset of multiliteracies. How […]

Competency Based Education Inspires Faculty to Explore Student Learning

Last year, Russell Bush shared his interest in Competency Based Education in his poster presentation at the Master Teacher Program Year 3 Poster Fair.  Competency Based Education is an approach to teaching and learning that is making changes to many school systems around the nation, and may soon be affecting how we teach at Kirkwood Community […]

Professor Challenges Students Outside Class Through Flipped Learning

Flipped Learning is an innovative and exciting method that allows instructors to achieve students success. More and more educators around the country are talking about its benefits. This story is part of a series of posts on flipped learning that showcase how this method is helping to achieve student success at Kirkwood Community College. “If […]

Faculty Immersed in Universal Design

KCELT started the New Year with its second annual Teacher as Designer Institute.  This year the theme was Universal Design, which “is an educational framework that guides the design of learning goals, materials, methods, and assessments as well as the policies surrounding these curricular elements with a diversity of learners in mind” according to http://udloncampus.cast.org/home. […]

Flipping the Classroom

In preparation for this posting, I came across Vanderbilt University’s webpage about flipping the classroom at http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/teaching-activities/flipping-the-classroom/.   This page summarizes well the research behind the buzz.  I recommend that you read Vanderbilt’s page before anything else about flipping the classroom, including what I wrote below.  Flipping pancakes is often easier than flipping the classroom. A […]