Chapter 2
August 5, 2009
This chapter dealt with the designing and planning of technology enhanced instruction. We learned briefly what a learning environment was. This includes all conditions that effect the learner, specifically with the physical environment around them. We then got into instructional planning. What we learned here was basically the old saying the “failing to plan is planning to fail”. This immediately got is into the Design Plan Act System, otherwise known as the D-P-A System. The first phase, the design phase, discussed the strategic look at instructional delivery and thus brought us into the Dynamic Instructional Design (DID) model. The DID model, in brief, is a model for teachers to follow to ensure that they include the overall scope of the project they are planning for. Much of it involves the understanding of the learner you are trying to teach. The next step, the Plan phase, is crucial because this helps ready the learners by targeting specific objectives for each period the teacher and learner have together. The final phase, the Act phase, deals with the actual implementation of what you have designed and planned for.