CMCarlson Instructional Design Assessment Instrument Text

Instructional Design Assessment Instrument

Based on the readings on assessment and feedback, create five questions or feedback using a software tool of your choice. Focus your questions on concepts and ideas related to instructional media, screen design, or cognitive load that you consider important to the use of instructional media.

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1. Elements and Schema #1: Questions regarding Cognitive Load Theory and Memory Usage

Please choose the short answer that best completes the statement or answers the question.
- Cognitive Load Theory: There are ‘chunks’ of memory or data that is remembered called elements. Long term memory holds many chunks of data, the short term just a few chunks of data. These chunks of data are grouped together in combinations that are referred to as Schema...
  - The elements and Schema can NOT exist independent, concurrent or in conjunction with other elements or Schema.
  - The elements and Schema can exist independent, but not concurrent and not in conjunction with other elements or Schema.
  - The elements and Schema can exist independent, concurrent or in conjunction with other elements but not with other Schema.
  - The elements and Schema can exist independent, concurrent or in conjunction with other elements or Schema.

2. Elements and Schema #2: Questions regarding Cognitive Load Theory and Memory Usage

Please choose the short answer that best completes the statement or answers the question.

The elements of the memory of the tasks involved may be:
1. pick a topic;
2. Compose a thesis statement or question
3. do initial research and choose a base of research materials;
4. Review the abstracts of that material,
5. isolate the relative materials;
6. Make and outline;
7. Do in depth research and notes
8. Do References
9. Write the different sections of the outline
10. Spell check and edit
11. Do the title page
12. Format the document
13. Proof read
14. Turn in the Paper
each one of these steps (though all may not be included for this example, represent an ‘element,’ though combined into a Schema. A schema allows an individual to...

3. Text and Audio to explain Visuals: Mixed-up sentence exercise

Put the parts in order to form a sentence. When you think your answer is correct, click on "Check" to check your answer. If you get stuck, click on "Hint" to find out the next correct part.
- than text. much more explanations are than when audio is used to explain has no lesser or in simple problems the us effect on e of text to explain visuals learning greater In more complex subjects to be taught, it is found that effective audio visuals

4. Steps in remembering according to Cognitive Load Theory: Matching Exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
- Step one in the Cognitive Load Theory pertaining to memory.
- Working memory must store the information
- The short term memory must store the information in long term memory with a level of recall
- The short term memory must process the information
- Groups of information or elements are recalled as one schema
- Working memory must then assimilate that information into a Schema

5. Interactivity and Instructional Multi-Media Use in Education: Gap-Fill Exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
- Interactivity and Instructional Media Design
  - As discussed in the exercise documentation “Instructional Design Timeline 1900 to 2008” please fill in the appropriate blanks in the following statement choosing from the drop down choices next to the blanks.
  - This multi-layered interactivity greatly improves the prospect of successful use and adoption of this type of curriculum delivery.
Though there is uncertainty amongst ____________ about the extent and viability of internet based educational materials, industry, the military and the higher education systems view this type of curriculum and ____________ system and a low cost means of education and training. The effectiveness of this type of trainings due to the three levels of interaction.
Films and slides allowed students to interact with the curricular materials and content but the newer media allows for not only the interaction between the learners and the ____________ but also allows for interaction between the learner and the ____________ and the learner and other ____________ .
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