{"id":1268,"date":"2017-01-29T06:39:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2017-01-29T06:39:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T13:39:12","slug":"backwards-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/2017\/01\/29\/backwards-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Backwards Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For me, ideal pedagogical design of a technology enhanced learning experience must begin with the end, i.e: backwards design. Primary goals and outcomes must be established.<\/p>\n<p>Following this, we set out how we will know these goals have been met. This may include formal assessments, conversations with students, self reflections etc.<\/p>\n<p>Finally we must select the appropriate tools to develop the students&#8217; understanding. These tools include all different forms of technology including computer software, digital instruments, manual tools (such as microscopes, prisms, models), instructional approaches, and ways of thinking. It is important to consider all types of technology (especially the cognitive\/pedagogical ones) so that we do not fixate on the most exciting tool but instead the most effective tool. To select the best tools we will need to consider a number of factors. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The composition of the class: There interests, beliefs, conceptions\/misconceptions, interests, familiarity with the proposed technology, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Our own abilities with a given technology<\/li>\n<li>availability of a given technology<\/li>\n<li>Relationship of the technology to the field\/topic (is the technology authentic to this discipline?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once the goals, assessment, and tools\/methods have been established, we have a sound basis for a technology enhanced learning environment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For me, ideal pedagogical design of a technology enhanced learning experience must begin with the end, i.e: backwards design. Primary goals and outcomes must be established. Following this, we set out how we will know these goals have been met. This may include formal assessments, conversations with students, self reflections etc. Finally we must select [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1669401],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b-design-of-teles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1269,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions\/1269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}