The program deals with Instructional theories and design: history and basic elements, observational methods and educational research. A special section will focus on how to build reliable educational knowledge and evidence based education.
The program is the same for attending or non-attending students. Non-attending students can facilitate learning following suggestions inside the Moodle platform (e-l.unifi.it).
A. Calvani (2011), Principi dell’istruzione e strategie per insegnare, Carocci, Roma.
A. Calvani (2014), Come fare una lezione efficace, Carocci, Roma.
G. Bonaiuti (2014), Le strategie didattiche, Carocci, Roma.
Learning Objectives
KNOWLEDGE: effective educational strategies, Evidence Based Education, principles of visual communication. Cognitive Load Theory.
COMPETENCES: To access Open Educational Resources; to access, select and evaluate educational knowledge based on Evidence.
Prerequisites
Italian language; to be able to use Internet to access information.
Teaching Methods
Direct Instruction with discussion and online collaborative work. A virtual classrooom will be activated inside University Moodle platform.
Further information
At the beginning of the course the student(attending or not) has to register himself inside the MOODLE Platform, where he will find slides and other suggestions:
-Go to the URL http://e-l.unifi.it/
-Enter your credentials: roll number (matricola) and password, supplied by the Segreteria"
In the main page there are the link to different courses: select “Corsi di Laurea, Magistrale, Specialistica”, “Scuola degli Studi Umanistici e della Formazione”, “anno accademico 2014-2015”, and finally, “Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze dell’Educazione degli Adulti, della Formazione Continua e Scienze Pedagogiche”
-Choose among the courses provided “Metodi e tecniche della didattica”.
Type of Assessment
Examination will be carried out orally in a f2f session.
Course program
Instructional Design; effective educational strategies and principle of Instruction (Gagné, Merrill), Evidence Based Education, Criteria of trustworthiness of educational research; Cognitive Load Theory; Educational strategies classification; planning and management of a lesson; how to access Open Educational Resources; how to select and evaluate educational knowledge based on Evidence.