SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

COURSE OUTLINE

SECOND SEMESTERACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

A. COURSE INFO

Course Code : PLG 546

Course Title : Instructional Strategies

Day : Tuesday

Time : 5.00 – 7.00 pm (L)

Room : PTPM Seminar Room

Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irfan Naufal Umar

Guest Lecturer : -

Number of Students : 40

Unit : 4

B. COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:1. discuss about the theories and models that provide the foundations to the instructional design field 2. apply the relevant principles to develop effective instructional strategies3. develop an instructional strategy based on a chosen theory 4. discuss the learning strategies that are useful in developing instructional strategy 5. implement the evaluation on the effectiveness of the instruction

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C. COURSE SCHEDULE

1(18/02/14)

IntroductionIntroduction to the courseIntroduction to instructional design field

Student’s Info. Form

2 (25/02/14)

Paradigm, Learning theories and implications on teaching and learning - behaviorism and cognitivism - objectivism / constructivism

Dick, Carey & Carey (2011) Cptr 1Smith & Ragan (2005) Cptr 1&2

3(04/03/14)

Instructional TheoryGeneral Systems TheoryCommunication Theory (from the perspective of Info. Processing)

Salisbury (1990) Warries (1990)

4(11/03/14)

Approach, Similarities and Differences among Instructional Design Models- Gustafson’s perspectives- Dick, Carey & Carey Model, Gagne & Briggs Model,

ADDIE Model

Gustafson & Branch (1997)Andrew & Goodson (1980)

5(18/03/14)

Instructional Strategies- Content Analysis- Learning Domain

Smith & Ragan (2005) (Cptr 3 – 6)Dick, Carey & Carey (2011)(Cptr 2–7)

6(25/03/14)

Instructional Strategies- Nine events of instruction

Dick, Carey & Carey (2011) (Cptr 8)

(01/04/14) MID SEMESTER BREAK

7(08/04/14)

Instructional strategies (Cont’)Cognitive Domain

Seidel et al (2007) (Cptr. 1 – 2)

8(15/04/14)

Instructional strategies (Cont’)- Psychomotor Domain

Seidel et al (2007) (Cptr. 3)

9(22/04/14)

Instructional strategies (Cont’)- Affective Domain

Seidel et al (2007) (Cptr. 4)

10(29/05/14)

Formative Evaluation Dick, Carey & Carey (2011) Cptr 10

11(06/05/14)

Summative Evaluation Dick, Carey & Carey (2011) Cptr 12

12(13/05/14)

Presentation on Instructional Strategies

13(20/05/14)

Presentation on Instructional Strategies

14(27/05/14)

Course revisit & summary

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D. REFERENCES

Main References

1. Dick, , W., Carey, L. & Carey, J.O. (2011). The Systematic Design of Instruction (7th Ed.) Allyn & Bacon.

2. Seidel, R.J., Perencevich, K.C., & Kett, A.L. (2007). From Principles of Learning to Strategies for Instruction. New York, NY: Springer.

3. Smith, P.L. & Ragan, T.J. (2005). Instructional Design (3rd Ed.) New York, NY: MacMillan Publ. Co.

Additional References

1. Andrews, D. H. & Goodson, L. A. (1980). A comparative analysis of models of instructional design. Journal of Instructional Development, 3, 2-16.

2. Gustafson, K.L. & Branch, R.M. (1997). Survey of Instructional Development Models (3rd Ed.) ERIC Clearinghouse on Information, ISBN: 0937597430

3. Salisbury, D.F. (1990). General systems theory and instructional systems design. Performance and Instruction, 1-11.

4. Warries, E. (1990). Theory and the systematic design of instruction. In Research in Instruction. Dijkstra, S., van Hout Wolters, B., van der Sijde (Eds.) Englewood Cliff, NJ: Educational Technology Publ.

5. Visscher-Voerman, I., Gustafson, K.L. (2004). Paradigms in the theory and practice of education and training design. Educational Technology , Research and Development, 52(2), 69-89.

6. Gagne, R.M., Wager, W.W., Golas, K. & Keller, J.M. (2004) Principles of Instructional Design (5th Ed.). Wadsworth Publ.

E. TUTORIAL INFORMATION

The tutorial sessions will be allocated for the students to do the readings on the forthcoming lecture. The students have to read the assigned materials for that particular lecture, and produce TWO questions/reflections to be discussed during the lecture session. This forum will be done online through USM’s e-learn@usm environment. The questions need to be posted online at least one day before the class meeting. Marks will be given for this activity.

F. COURSE ASSESSMENT

Coursework (60 %)

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Mode % Due Date

Project

a. Instructional strategy Report

b. Formative Evaluation Report

c. Presentation (for a & b)

d. Peer assessment (for a & b)

10%

15%

5%

5%

06/05/14

27/05/14

Assignment

a. Weekly question AND discussion

b. Article Review

20%

5%

Monday (every week)

18/03/14

Note:

Final Exam (40%)

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