WEEK 8 26th October, 2015

       Discussion on project design

The class stated with Dr. Noor Dayana

It was the day when the members of the class were asked to discuss the design and other plans of project the class was full of interaction and discussion under the guidance of Dr. Noor Dayana Abdul Halim who went round the class to interact with the various groups in relation to their project proposal. While with our group, she listened to our brief expiations and eventually she made the suggestions: she particularly advised us to plan a project that will accommodate all the seven principles of ILE emphasized on the need for scenario-based learning.

My reflection

In the course of discussion, I further understood that the whole ILE project is about putting the seven principles of ILE into actual practical teaching and learning situation.  Therefore I began to pay close attention to the following points as our guiding principle in the process of developing our project as earlier highlighted in our lecture with prof Jamaluddin. The points are non other than the ILE principles as summarized below:

ü  Learners discuss issues among themselves (Learner at the center)

ü  Learning is through collaboration group (Social learning)

ü  There are a lot of motivation for good performance (Emotions)

ü  Learners will work out task according to their level (Recognizing individual differences)

ü   students are moderately engaged but not over-stretched( Stretching all students)

ü  There are both formative and summative evaluation (Assessment of learning)

ü  There is opportunity of transfer of knowledge in diversed situation (Building horizontal connection).

Our discussions that day centred on how we must ensure that every element above is considered in our project. Specifically we discussed All criteria, strategies, objectives, content, justifications for our chosen subject and topic, our target group of learners and most importantly pedagogical approach and instructional design that would guide  the development and implementation of our ILE project.

The pedagogical approach is Scenario-based e-learning also known as problem-based learning or a pedagogical approach where learning is based in an authentic scenario, reflecting real-life situations and enshrining all the complex elements needed to approach a certain issue where specific skills and knowledge will be covered.

The choice of scenario based learning for our project is based on its importance in engaging the learners and helps them to embrace positive attitude and  behavior in specific situations through their learning process.;