Session 2 -ADLT 606Session 2 -ADLT 606Design and Design and Development of Development of Adult Learning Adult Learning ProgramsPrograms

Dr. Terry Cartertjcarter@vcu.edu

AgendaAgenda

Caffarella’s Interactive Model

Interactive Model of Program

Planning

Building a SolidBase of supportIdentifying

Program Ideas

Sorting and PrioritizingProgram Ideas

Developing Program Objectives

DesigningInstructional Plans

DevisingTransfer of LearningPlans

FormulatingEvaluating Plans

Making Recommendationsand CommunicatingResults

Preparing Budgetsand Marketing Plans

CoordinatingFacilities and On-site Events

Discerning the Context

Selecting Formats, Schedules, and Staff Needs

What are the features of What are the features of Caffarella’s model that Caffarella’s model that make it unique and valuable make it unique and valuable for program planners?for program planners?

Assumptions Assumptions Inherent in the Inherent in the Interactive Interactive Model of Model of Program Program PlanningPlanning

What do we know about What do we know about adults as learners and adults as learners and how does that affect how does that affect program planning?program planning?

Adults as learners: What are the Adults as learners: What are the implications?implications?

Five Critical Issues in Program Five Critical Issues in Program PlanningPlanning

Writing Behavioral Writing Behavioral ObjectivesObjectives

“An objective is a written statement, defining in precise terms, what the learner will be able to do at the end of training and how well.”

Robert Mager

Traditionally, behavioral objectives Traditionally, behavioral objectives address three things:address three things:

The desired behavior

The conditions under which the behavior is performed

The performance standards that are to be met

Example for ADLT 606:Example for ADLT 606:

At the end of this course (condition), learners will be able to design a program (desired behavior) that uses all relevant elements of Caffarella’s interactive model of program planning and addresses Jane Vella’s seven steps of design (performance standard).

The test for a well-written objective:

Who will do what how well by when.

Analysis

Evaluation

Synthesis

Application

Comprehension

Knowledge

Bloom’s Taxonomy for Levels ofCognitive Processing