544_Environment_Survey

My change of mind on environment. I think we need to be talking about the environment of the instruction which would be: teacher in a classroom or home computer. Must have internet access. Must have ability to hear audio and play quicktime.

Collecting information on the environment:

algebra class high school whole class setting individual tutoring AVID middle school

Would this just be something we could collect in our Audience survey? Could it be combined rather than send out a separate Environment Survey?

I reread Jim's description for the Environment Analysis. It is a little hard to understand. There seems to be two environments: the environment in which performance will occur and the training environment.

I am assuming the environment in which performance will occur will be a middle school or high school classroom. Actually, I can see how this may be helpful to think about since we will want to engage this population. Maybe you are saying this, but it seems like we should mention the brainstorming we did on characteristics of engaged students versus not engaged students.

We may be could mention that this population is very visually and technologically oriented. They also are very accustomed to highly entertaining media, with high energy, special effects, and loud music with a heavy beat. Many are also very oriented, more than any previous generation, toward technological interactivity.

Unfortunately, this makes it nearly impossible for a teacher lecturing, especially on math, to be in any way interesting.

The second environment, training, will be anywhere a teacher might choose to watch the online instruction.

Sorry Kelly, I will be gone for the rest of the evening, but will be able to continue tomorrow morning.

I was thinking about what I wrote above about the students. I don't know if this should be included in the Evironment Analysis. Maybe we would have to ask Jim. I would think he would want us to include this description somewhere else.

Now that I reread it again, it says, "Paint a picture of the setting in which the audience is expected to perform. What is this setting like? Are there other people present? Is it a slow, or fast-paced environment? How does the environment impact performance of the intended course outcome?" It seems like the students are the main element in the environment in which the performance will occur. Obviously, there will have to be a classroom, which could take every shape imaginable, although we have a certain picture when we say the word, "classroom".