Christine Randell provides an overview of two materials development workshops held in Limpopo for educators in FET colleges.
Workshop for the FET Materials Development Team in Limpopo on developing an activity guide for the FET Business Administration Learning Programme (Level 2) (5-9 September 2005, Christine Randell)
Intended outcomes
By the end of this training intervention, we will have:
- Developed an activity guide for the business administration topics as identified in a draft learning programme for Business Administration, Level 2;
- Developed an activity guide for the information systems topics as identified in a draft learning programme for Business Adminstration, Level 2;
- Compiled guidelines to develop activity guides for vocational learning programmes.
Pursuant to the above, we will have:
- Reached consensus on what we mean by an activity guide;
- Arrived at a good understanding of how activity guides can be used with learners and what the implications are for training educators to use them;
- Achieved a sound understanding of what to include in activity guides and how to compile them.
View activity Evaluation Tool and Format for Activity Guides
Workshop for the FET Materials Development Team in Limpopo on instructional design editing to refine the Activity Guide (28 – 30 November 2005, Christine Randell)
Intended outcomes
By the end of this training intervention, we will have:
- Improved selected sections of the draft activity guide (Business Administration Level 2) through an instructional design editing process;
- Identified gaps and additional activities that still need to be developed;
- Prepared some guidelines for learners and educators on the use of the activity guide;
- Compiled an action plan to take forward the completion of the activity guide.
Pursuant to the above, we will have:
- Increased our understanding of what constitutes good learning activities;
- Reached a better understanding of how an activity guide can be used with learners in FET colleges;
- Achieved a practical understanding of the instructional design process required to develop good learning materials;
- Strengthened the instructional design editing skills of individual participants and the core group as a whole.
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