Introduction
The Training Program in Educational Technology and Design and Development Guide is intended to help those who develop vocational training programs to define the competencies and goals of the proposed training plan, validate the training plan and establish the objectives and other components of the program of study.
It includes the definitions, information, and tools needed to develop vocational training programs using the competency-based approach and the educational technologies used in the design and development guide.
Training program Objectives
Participants will learn the following:
- Technologies, theories, and methodologies.
- Designing technologies that can help learners learn better
- Evaluating existing technologies
- Proposed training plan, design, analysis validation, and description.
Target Audience
- Academic Deans
- Department Chairs
- Program Chairs
- Academic Leaders
- Committee on curriculum and degree requirements
- Employees in the department of curriculum development & assessment education
- Those involved in faculty and/or program assessment
- Behavioral objectives statement, achievement performance, and correlation.
Course content
How technology can help education more theoretically
- Research methodologies
- Promising pedagogical strategies
- Current theories in the community
Designing technologies that can help learners learn better
- Pedagogical strategies
- Current state-of-the-art tools
- Open problems in education and technology
Evaluating existing technologies
- Research methodologies in user testing
- Current state-of-the-art tools
- Broader issues surrounding the impact of such tools
Contributing to the education enterprise more broadly
- Current problems in the field
- Broader issues surrounding the use of tools in supporting education
- Present tools that address those problems
PROPOSED TRAINING PLAN
- Description
- Approach
- Development Process
Design
- Goals and Competencies
- Competencies
- Statements of the Competencies
- Grid of Competencies
- Table of Correspondence
Analysis
Validation
- Goals of the Validation Process
- Presentation and Validation Meetings
- Implementation
- Results
Description
- Program Goals and Educational Aims
- Objectives
Behavioral Objectives
- Statement of the Competency
- Achievement Context
- Elements of the Competency
- Performance Criteria
- Correlations
Situational Objectives
- Statement of the Competency
- Elements of the Competency
- Learning Context
- Instructional Guidelines
- Participation Criteria
- Correlations
Suggestions for Instructional Planning
- Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes, and Perceptions
- Guidelines
Analysis
Implementation
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Things to do and places to visit in Rome
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Things to do when taking flights to Rome include:
- Standing inside the magnificent Colosseum.
- Gazing in awe at the stunning Castel Sant'Angelo.
- Visiting the incredible Pantheon, one of the best-maintained buildings from the Roman era.
- Stopping at the center of the Piazza del Popolo, one of the most beautiful squares in Europe.
- Walking the beautiful gardens of Villa Borghese.
- Admiring the vast, intricately carved Column of Marcus Aurelius.
- Wandering the Forum Romanum, ruins from the Ancient Roman period.
- Exploring some of the greatest art collections in Europe.
- Crossing the river on the remarkably-constructed Bridge of Angels.
- Sampling the world famous local cuisine.