Lesson Revision Lecture

•  1- Lecture
•  2 - Assignments
•  1 - Optional Discussion

In this lesson, you will revise your lesson by completing a Multimodal Lesson Plan Template for another modality - most likely online delivery.  Note: this exercise is best applied when moving from online to in-person or in-person to online. The completed planner is useful for creating a lesson offered as HyFlex.  You will also complete a formative workshop assessment (3-2-1 Exit Ticket) that helps us revise and improve the workshop. Optionally, you are encouraged to post parting comments about the course experience and parting thoughts (Goodbye Wrap-up). 

At the conclusion of this lesson, you will:

• Have created a revised lesson plan using the Multimodal Lesson Planner Template

As you move your activities and assessments from one side to the other, start with the easy one first. Do you have notes, worksheets and other handouts that can easily be posted in a Canvas module or page? Do you have links to video, article and webpages you can post in Canvas? Next, if you usually lecture in the classroom, consider recording your lecture. Break it into smaller, digestible chunks. Add engagement and memory enhancement strategies such as embedded questions, comments and demonstrations. Alternately, you might create lecture pages and embed videos, images and questions. You might consider the discovery learning strategy. Have the learners create and present lessons or use discussion board prompts to share topic information. 

Next, move the activities and assessments that are not easily moved from the in-person setting to online (ideally, asynchronous online). These may be activities and assessments that require special equipment or require in-person supervision. Start with the learning outcomes. What should the learners be able to do or know at the end of the lesson? What other ways can you accomplish the outcome? 

Finally, as you review your lesson, note what needs improvement or addition to fill gaps. They are probably easier to complete than moving the challenging activities and assessments. However, when attempting to move a course from delivery mode to another, this strategy will guide you to completing the course more quickly. Gap content and activities should still align with the learning outcomes and not bloat your lesson or course. An important area often overlooked is letting students know how they will be assessed. Not just the grading scheme or scale and not the number of points. They need to know the point or weighted scale distribution for papers, quizzes, homework, exams, etc. They need lesson assignment rubrics to inform what they need to do by when. let them know your turnaround time for grading and feedback. You might build in lesson progress bars so they know how much content or time is left to a lesson. Provide open forums where they can support each other since you cannot be online 24x7. Aligning content to learning goals is important. You also need to let learners know the goals at the start of each lesson. 

A next steps, is to map your course. LEML (Learning Environment Modeling) by iLED Links to an external site. is a great method. You will use your lesson plan created in this course and map out your course. Pull content from respective  delivery modes to document the flow of your course. 

Note: of you are building your course while teaching it, lesson by lesson, add informal formative assessments to collect learner feedback about each lesson. The feedback will help you improve your course for both current and future learners.