Design and Delivery of Adult Learning Programs

ADLT 606

Dr. Terry Carter, tjcarter@vcu.edu

August 30, 2011

Agenda

University Requirements

Cell Phone Use in the Classroom

Honor Policy

Safety Issues VCU Police, 828-1234

Ride to your car, 828-WALK (9255)

VCU alert

Student Conduct

Email

Students with Disabilities

Religious Observances

No class Nov 1

August 30

What do we know about learner engagement?

Unless you answer a learner’s question about “What’s in it for me?” within the first few minutes of the learning encounter, you may lose your learners pretty quickly.

http://youtu.be/dxPVyieptwA

A Proverb

Tell me, I will forget

Show me, I may remember

Involve me, and I will understand

Retention & Learning

Lecture

Reading

Audio-Visual

Demonstration

Discussion Group

Practice by Doing

Teach Others

5%

50%

75%

90%

20%

10%

30%

Average percent of retention of material after 24 hours for each instructional method

(Sousa, 2001)

Exercise in Program Planning Each group receives a set of sticky notes

displaying various tasks in planning a program

Your job is to organize these in a model of effective program planning

Use wall space on either side of the room to display your program plan

Be prepared to give your rationale for the steps you will take and the order of them

The discussion you have is the most important part of this exercise!

Caffarella’s Interactive Program Planning Model

Interactive Model of Program

Planning

Building a SolidBase of support

IdentifyingProgram IdeasSorting and PrioritizingProgram IdeasDeveloping

Program Objectives

DesigningInstructional Plans

DevisingTransfer of LearningPlans

FormulatingEvaluatingPlans

Making Recommendationsand CommunicatingResults

Preparing Budgetsand Marketing Plans

CoordinatingFacilities andOn-site Events

Discerning the Context

Selecting Formats, Schedules, and Staff Needs

Vella’s Assumptions about Learners and the Learning Process

The Four I’sTypes of Learning Tasks

Inductive work – connects learners with what they already know

Input – course content; new material

Implementation – try it out

Integration – asks learners how they will integrate new learning into their lives

Vella’s 7 Steps for Planning Instruction

Three Graded Assignments