Week 4: Representation for our major project

Our group is going to design a webquest for learning how to  incorporate  "personal learning network" into instruction. The target audience is  a group of IU preservice teachers who are learning how to use computer in education. 

Based on the readings and Dr. G's lecture on imagery and representation, here are some considerations about the representation for our project.

1. Graphic organizers: considering the purpose of this project is to teach preservice teachers how to incorporate personal learning networks, one of the potential graphic organizers we may use is a flow chart that help learners visualize the instructional design process. 
2. Accuracy: Personal learning network (PLN) is a very concrete idea. It refers to websites such as Facebook, Twitters etc. I think, in terms of giving PLN examples, we may use more accurate, figurative pictures to illustrate our points. However, in terms of understanding the whole idea, some abstract images may be included. 
3. Clarity: the learners will have basic understanding about PLN prior to our instruction, so they are not considered totally novice in this circumstance. Therefore, clarity of our representation may not be high. 
4.  Learner involvement: the nature of a webquest instructional design requires learners' high involvement. The level of understanding the learners need to achieve should enable them to design PLN instructional activities independently. This will also meet Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive levels "synthesis".