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Instructional Design in Online Learning

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 I used Google Classroom to set up the structure of the course. I set up a "Getting Started" folder with an introduction video, syllabus and calendar, and online resources.

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I set up 5 weekly folders. Each folder has all information needed for completing the tasks for the week. Week 5 is a culmination of the learning from weeks 1-4 and has a slightly different format.

 

Weeks 1-4 are organized as follows:


The first resource in the weekly folders is an introduction video that describes the learning goals for the week.


The second resource is the “Learning Page,” where students will find links to the edpuzzle video lessons, and links to additional study resources and notes. Students will be able to assess their own learning using the tools on this page.


The third resource is the weekly, graded, discussion post. Students will be able to discuss their learning with others. Students will need to respond to others in their class to keep conversations going as part of their discussion grade.


The fourth resource is a weekly quiz in edia.app. The students will be able to assess how well they can apply what they’ve learned.


The fifth resource will be a weekly task towards the completion of the final project. The task is meant to get the teams communicating and thinking about how they want to complete their final project.

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The students are instructed to look at the final project at the beginning of the course so they can keep the end goal in mind as they learn. The final project has been added to week 5 already because it is needed for the beginning of the class.

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The next three weeks will include the materials listed below:

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Week 3 – Trigonometric Inverse Functions and simple equations

Week 3 Outcome/Goal: After completing this module, l
earners should be able to:

  • Find an angle in a right triangle given a set of sides.

  • Solve trigonometric equations when no angle is given.

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  1. Introduction video

  2. Page with teacher made video lessons in EdPuzzle

    • Inverse Parent Functions: sin, cos, and tan

      • Parent function building animations describing domain restrictions

    • Solving Inverse Functions

  3. Weekly Discussion post (20 pts)

  4. Practice problem assignment in edia.app, which shows steps for working out problems and allows unlimited attempts with a variety of problems (50 pts)

  5. Prep for end of course project

    • Link to Project description

    • Discuss plans for your end-of-course group project. What responsibilities will each person have? What will you use to communicate with each other? What platform will you use to create your project?

 

Week 4 – Law of Sines and Law of Cosines

Week 4 Outcome/Goal: After completing this module, learners should be able to:

  • Find an angle or a side of any triangle given at least one side and two other pieces of information.

  • Find the area of any triangle given at least one side and two other pieces of information.

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  1. Introduction video

  2. Page with teacher made video lessons in EdPuzzle

    • Law of Sines

      • Proof of how it works

    • Law of Cosines

      • Proof of how it works

    • Area Formulas

      • Heron's Law

      • Sin formula

  3. Weekly Discussion post (20 pts)

  4. Practice problem assignment in edia.app, which shows steps for working out problems and allows unlimited attempts with a variety of problems (50 pts)

  5. Prep for end of course project

    • Link to Project description

    • Discuss plans for your end of course group project. Plan for design of house and prep for measurements and calculations

 

Week 5 – End of Course project

Week 5 Outcome/Goal: After completing this module, learners should be able to:

  • Recognize which trigonometric function or process they should apply to find missing measurements and be able to calculate the measurements.

  • Be able to describe their thinking and processes used when working with trigonometric values in real world situations.

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  1. Introduction video

  2. Weekly Discussion post (20 pts) - post your preliminary design and proposal for your new house to get feedback from your classmates.

  3. End of course assignment (200pts) – Build your house in a new neighborhood - submitted as eportfolio, google slide, etc.

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