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CareerTech Curriculum for Oklahoma. About the CIMC About CBE About curriculum development About media, learning styles, and WBT About recent trends Resources list. What is CIMC?. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CareerTech Curriculumfor Oklahoma
About the CIMC About CBE About curriculum
development About media, learning
styles, and WBT About recent trends Resources list
What is CIMC?
Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center
One of the nation's largest developers of competency-based instructional systems
Division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Since 1968
Purpose of CIMC
Our primary function is to develop competency-based instructional products and services for career and technology education.
The fundamental belief is that quality industry-endorsed curriculum and related instructional materials
are essential to quality career and technology education programs in Oklahoma.
Facts About CIMC
Some 64 employees dedicated to curriculum development (not all CIMC)
About 66% of sales from Oklahoma customers
80,500 catalogs distributed yearly
First product: Agricultural Education I (1968)
Some 2,000 products distributed from Stillwater, OK
Curriculum is competency based
CBEPhilosophy & Principles
Any learner can achieve mastery of most tasks if provided with high-quality instruction and enough time.
The type and quality of instruction are the primary elements in the teaching-learning process.
CBE Methodology
Identify skills required to reach a standard Communicate the specific learning
objectives needed Emphasize the performance standard in
evaluation Allow each student to become competent
and demonstrate mastery
CBE—Another Look
CBE Approach You will learn X. This is X. If you did poorly,
repeat. If you did well,
continue. This is Y. Etc.
“Traditional” Approach You are here for 18 weeks. This is X. If you did poorly or well,
continue. This is Y. After 18 weeks, we will all
move on together.
CBE Value
To Learners may enter at any level and
progress at any rate knows what’s expected
To Instructors can function as a facilitator can use a range of
instructional media To Employers
has a common “measuring stick”
uses familiar terms emphasizes critical skills
To the Educational System structure focus
CBE Curriculum—6 Essentials
Clearly-stated learning objectives
Instruction aligned with learning objectives
Criterion-referenced evaluation aligned to learning objectives and curriculum
Cognitive and affective skills practice
Psychomotor skill practice Skill mastery documentation
Sources of Curriculum Priorities
New industry New training
requirements Technological change Out-of-date training
resources Changes in the
workforce
Role of ODCTE Ag Ed Staff
Set priorities for curriculum materials development.
Set priorities for competency test development. Assist in development as:
Consultant Writer Final approval
Developing Curriculum:Key Points
Curriculum advisory committee
Valid skill standards Appropriate media CBE approach Standard format
Evaluating Skill Standards
Sources? Industry Associations Government Existing
training/certification programs
Scope and depth? Current?
Creating Skill Standards
Committee process: industry, educators, key stakeholders
ID related occupations ID duties per occupation ID tasks per duty ID task sequence, frequency, criticality
Adopt, Adapt, Develop?
Availability of training resources?
Coverage (scope, depth)?
Currency, accuracy (vs. skill standards)?
Affordability? Usability? Options to
improve/enhance (adapt)?
Choosing Media
Greater instructional efficiency Compression/expansion of
time Group or individualized
instruction Reduced instruction time Reduced need to repeat
instruction, demonstrations Issues of practicality,
safety, cost Learners’ learning styles
Learning Styles
One definition: How people come to understand and remember information
Many categories (such as) According to dimensions (perceptual, cognitive,
affective) According to models According to preferences: physical, sensory (visual,
auditory, kinesthetic, etc.) According to brain hemisphere (right brain vs. left
brain)
Web-Based Training
Appeal Cost and time savings Flexibility (availability,
approaches) Competitive edge
(faster launch of new products and services)
Accountability Administration
Web-Based Training
Options Asynchronous: Allow students, instructors to
collaborate and learn without being online at the same time.
Synchronous: Allow students and instructors to be online at the same time. Tools include e-mail, chat rooms, online forums, bulletin boards, etc.
Some Recent Trends
Accountability Basic skills, life skills, career success skills Multiple media/methods
CD-ROM DVD Online
Career clusters Features for student interest
Read About the Future
www.technology.gov/Reports.htm
2020 Visions: Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies
Scroll down the list to the 2020 Visions document.
Curriculum Resources
CIMC www.okcimc.com
CIMC products/samples www.okcimc.com/new.htm www.okcimc.com/free-aged.htm
Sample skill standards (free) www.okcareertech.org/testing/contact.htm
More Resources
No Child Left Behind resources www.okcimc.com/nochild/index.htm
Career Clusters www.okcareertech.org/iis/clustericons/Agricult
ure/aghomepage.htm
Questions?
Thank you
and good luck!