Each lesson must have a summary page that contains information sections a-e. 
Each element should be titled and easy to find. 
Each lesson or module page should look the same throughout the course.
Elements f-m are built into the lesson content and/or summary pages as appropriate.
A reference document “How to Plan A Lesson” is provided.


Also See:

Review Samples:

How to Plan a Lesson (pdf format)

Sample-Lesson

Sample CE8 Lesson Page


Sample-Lesson

[ WEEK # ]
[ WEEK TITLE ]

DESCRIPTION / OVERVIEW OF WEEK

[insert: Provide two or three sentences describing the Week generally. A learning week is a quantity of work, usually 5-8 hours. One week may cover more or less than one chapter, more or less than one week.]


LEARNING OUTCOMES

[insert: Provide a rationale for learning the content to be covered. And/or instructions to the learner on how to proceed. What knowledge and/or skills will the student acquire by completing the Week? What is the learner expected to achieve?]


TOPICS TO BE COVERED

[insert: Provide a list of topics to be covered by the Week.]


CHECKPOINT / REVIEW

[insert: If appropriate, provide a review of facts, concepts, techniques, skills needed to understand or maximize learning of the current Week. A review serves as a mechanism for stimulating recall of prior learning. A review should be used whenever a Week requires learners to utilize specific information which they have learned in previous Weeks or in a previous course. A review may be either a list of key ideas or a series of questions covering the main points or critical information learned in previous Weeks. A review should not be included in Weeks for which there are no prerequisites.]


REQUIRED READINGS FROM TEXTBOOK

[insert: Provide a list of required readings from the course textbook(s). Give Chapter, Unit, Topic and page numbers. ]  If this information is provided in the course schedule you link students to that document.


RECOMMENDED READINGS AND/OR RESOURCES

[insert: Further readings and resources are an important "value-add" for students with special interests.]

 


ADDITIONAL REQUIRED READINGS

[insert: Provide a list of readings that are not from the prescribed text(s). Required 'readings' may be from sources such as:

  • Content pages on WebCT
  • Postings in the WebCT Discussions tool
  • Other 'external' Web sites
  • Content files (e.g. Power Point, Acrobat, Word docs, etc.)
  • Graphical materials
  • Completion of an online tutorial
  • Completion of some part of a CD-ROM
  • Listening to audio tapes or files
  • Viewing video tapes or files
  • Other]

REQUIRED RESEARCH

[insert: "Catch a starving man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a starving man how to fish, and you feed him for the rest of his life." Often what a person knows is less important than his ability to find out. Teach students how to do research and how to keep current in the field. This is a major "value-add" in any course.]


WEB LINKS

[insert: Provide links to Web resources.]


INSTRUCTOR'S NOTES

[insert: INSTRUCTOR'S NOTES should not replicate the contents of the textbook. Rather, the intent is to supplement that content. The aim here is to use the capabilities of computer technology to explore and demonstrate concepts, procedures, and principles in ways that cannot be achieved through the text medium. Provide any of the following that are not found in the textbook:

  • Analysis
  • Anecdotes
  • Applications
  • Personal interpretation
  • Emphasis
  • De-emphasis
  • Examples
  • Illustrations
  • Simulations
  • Commentary
  • Other.]

ACTIVITIES (not included in final grade)

[insert: Many people learn by doing. Provide students with drills, exercises, mini-projects, self-assessments, self-quizzes, questions/issues for discussion, etc. Activities may be marked, but the marks are not included in the student's final grade. Self-assessments provide learners with an opportunity to assess the degree to which they have mastered the week content. These can be very effective ego-boosters in an e-learning environment where learners more or less study alone. Provide learners with the opportunity to have a perfect score by allowing them unlimited attempts on the self-assessment.]


EVALUATION (included in final grade)

[insert: Ideally, every Learning Week should include at least one Assignment that is marked and the mark included in the final grade. It is better to have many short, simple Assignments in a course, than it is to have just just one or two complex ones. Immediate feedback helps students learn. The Assessments Tool on WebCT is very powerful. It can deliver a quiz, mark it, display the results to the student immediately, and enter the mark in the grades book. The Assessments tool can also provides the Instructor with extensive analysis and statistical options.]

 

SUMMARY + NEXT STEPS

[insert: Provide a summary to synthesize the knowledge taught in the week. Finish with explicit instructions as to what the student should do next.]

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