Delivery, Enrollment, and Facilitation
This is a mastery-based course with no discussion forums. The course will be delivered in a fully online format. This course is non-facilitated, and is designed to be completed independently. It is self-paced, with an enrollment period of 60 days, which begins immediately upon confirmation of registration. A Help Forum is included in the course that will be carefully monitored by an online facilitator.
Description
In this learning module, one will see how presentation of content most of the time includes visuals that establish the purpose of the lesson, preview the organization of the lesson, and include reflective internal summaries of the lesson; examples, illustrations, analogies, and labels for new concepts and ideas; modeling by the teacher to demonstrate his or her performance expectations; concise communication; logical sequencing and segmenting; all essential information; and no irrelevant, confusing, or nonessential information.
Major Assessment Artifact
In the Major Presenting Instructional Content Artifact for this learning module, you will reflect on the readings, videos, scenarios and your own instructional practices. You will create a professional 20-25 minute lesson presentation (SC 4.0 Rubric: Presenting Instructional Content- topics such as but not limited to using analogies and/or using examples for new concepts, concise communication, using visuals to establish a purpose) in an area of interest from previous readings and videos.
Prerequisites
This is an intermediate level course for teachers, literacy coaches, curriculum specialists, professional development specialists, or other school personnel. Participants are expected to have regular access to computers with Internet access. In addition, participants should be proficient with browsing the Internet, uploading and downloading content, navigating to computer files, and with using word processing software, email, and attachments.
Required Materials
All materials in this course are the property of the South Carolina Department of Education Office of VirtualSC PD. All course materials needed/required for the workshop are available online.