Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Identify the purpose or function in each area of the ASSURE model of instructional design.
• Apply the model to either a online, blended or on-ground course.

About ASSURE

• The ASSURE model is helpful for designing courses that use multimedia; instruction is not delivered using only lecture and a textbook.
• It allows for the possibility of incorporating out-of-class resources and technology into the course materials.
• Based on Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction.
• Instructional Design Instrument from Humboldt State University and used with Chico State University's Rubric for Online Instruction.
• Simple Example

ANALYZE LEARNERS

Identify learning problem, course goals, student needs, what students need to know, constraints, delivery options, how long it will take to develop.

1. What are some constraints to students learning online?
2. What do they need to know how to do prior to course entry?
3. How do students learn?

• Richard Felder's Learning Styles Questionnaire
• Learning Styles and Strategies
• Learning Styles - Illinois State University

STATE OBJECTIVES

1. How am I going to teach it?
   Objectives
   Course | Sample
   Lesson | Sample
   
   More on Objectives
2. How will I control the content and design the navigation structure?
   All weeks, modules, lessons, etc., open at once?
   - Weekly
   -  Module
   -  Not Recommended Format
3. How will student learn about tools they need to use to access course content?
   Example - Elluminate
   Example - Welcome 
4. What activities work best for the stated objectives?
   Quizzes, Readings, Projects, Discussions, Written Papers
   
   Note: Writing Assignments
5. Who will review the course and when?
   Someone with no knowledge of the content.
   Peers
   Prior to course delivery and mid-point by students.

SELECT MEDIA

Choose the media based on Objective and Students.

• MERLOT Teaching and Technology collection 
• Maricopa Community College Learning eXchange (MLX)
  ... an electronic warehouse of ideas, examples and resources.
• Examples of how teachers in different disciplines have integrated media.
• Best Practices from Carnegie Mellon.

USE MEDIA

Where content coming from?

• Textbook Publisher -from within Bb via a textbook site
• College Resources
• Policies/Procedures
• You Develop Sample Posting

How will you integrate into lesson?
(see sample project)

What is plan B?

Alternative format.

Technology fails.

Test the media in delivery format (i.e. within the LMS).

Multiple browsers.

Different operating systems (MAC versus PC).

REQUIRE PARTICIPATION

How do you ensure students are using the media and participating with each other?

Respond to questions, use rubrics, graded replies.

Graded Replies 
You are required to reply to at least two other student postings.
A graded posting will receive up to 2 points (for a total of 4)

Points	Description
+1	At least 1/2 page in length, follows the Communication Policy and is free of grammar and spelling errors.
+1	Focuses on commenting on the items contained within that person's response; adding your own insight and contrast/compare it to your own ideas and knowledge.

EVALUATE - ASSESS AND REVISE

When and How will you assess your teaching (techniques)?

• Determine revision points:
  Prior to the start of the course.
  Midway through.
   
• How many changes will you make and how will you communicate that to students?