Reflection on Session 4

3 Things I've Learned

1. From the mini-lecture, I've understood the steps involved in creating a lesson plan
2. Through the lesson planning activity, I've learned how to set good Specific Instructional Objectives (SIO)
3. Thanks to the critiques session, I've learned that SIOs should be as specific as possible and that the lesson plan must align with the SIOs.

 2 Things I've Applied

1. I've applied the concept of Collaborative Learning (CL) in today's activity. The activity required us to come up with a draft lesson plan for our (Technology-Enhanced Learning) TEL Demo. I find that working in a group and applying CL really helps to make a task 'easier'. I'm sure one person can come up with a lesson plan easily. But when a group of people put their heads together and bounce ideas off each other, the resulting product is much more interesting and richer than the solo one.
2. I've used the ABCD (Audience-Behaviour-Constraint-Degree) framework in formulating SIOs. It helps in focusing the objectives towards a measurable outcome and 'forces' the author to be as specific and detailed as usefully possible.

1 Thing I Want to Know About

1. I want to learn more about how lessons can be structured to allow students to engage in more Self-directed Learning.

Overall, I enjoyed today's session and I actually thought the 2 hours went by quite fast. My group's TEL demo idea still needs to be fleshed out some more, especially the link between using the mobile phone and putting the videos out on a shared platform (could be online or offline). Also, what criteria should be used to assess how well a video is presented? And are we falling into the cool tool trap? Could an old-tech approach work just as well?