EDUC 765

Course Description

In-depth comparison of current instructional design theories and models, variables that affect adult learning, techniques for stimulating and sustaining learner motivation, reinforcement of learning, skill transfer, and use of cognitive task analysis to determine instructional content.

Instructor: Kevin Bowersox-Johnson

Institution: University of Wisconsin - Stout

Trends & Issues in Instructional Design

A Research-Based Presentation

The Anchored Instruction Pedagogical Strategy

  • This is a recording of a presentation on the anchored instruction strategy.

  • The presentation covers the strategy’s history and purpose.

  • I chose to research this strategy due to my student-centered pedagogy as a college writing instructor.

Design Document

A full design document using the Kemp Model of instructional design

  • This is a design document illustrating my systematic redesign of a key element of a college first-year writing course—the helpfulness of peer feedback students give one another on their drafts.

  • The document walks its reader through the backwards design that I implemented, following the steps of the Kemp instructional design model.

Click on the cover of the design document to the right to see the whole document on Google Drive.