Curriculum development

EDU 4203

First Written Assessment

Case Analysis: Curriculum Map

Student Name: Hessa Obaid
Students ID: H00251036

Submitted to:

Pauline Keith

Date: 1st of October 2015

Word count= 762

Introduction
In this paper Im going to talk about the links between the courses that
we have took in year three semesters 5 and 6.

Links one Between Ethics and Practicum 3a -3b

* In the ethics course I have learnt many useful skills such as moral
reasoning and dealing with different kinds of situations. I have used
these skills during my teaching practice whenever I deal with a difficult
situation I dont rush and make decisions that I may regret later but, I
think about the problem from many ways and if it was a problem about
one of the students or anybody else I put myself in their shoes trying
to understand things from their perspectives.
As an example where I have used what I had learnt in this course is
that one time I dealt with a student who was active and she wasnt
sitting in her place which leaded for distracting other students and
wasting my time. At first, I was frustrated but, after a while I started to
think about it in a different way and I used my skills from the ethics
course then I started to understand her actions and evaluate the
situation and make some solutions in the end to stop this behavior.
After finding that this was effective for me I started to use these skills
for all of my teaching practices for the upcoming years.

Links two Between Computer Based training and Practicum 3a

-3b
*Skills I have learned from Computer Based training:

Designing online learning objects from scratch.

Develop and edit online learning objects.
Creating an LMS with a database and control the access to it.

Dusing my practicum, I have used these skills which I learnt from this course.
Ive created online learning objects for my students. The learning objects
were ineractive and they included some videos and games and assessments
so they can help the students to learn more effetiently. The use of online
courses and creating learning objects is to inhance students learning skills
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and to attract students who dont have any intrest to learning my supprting
the lessons with different kinds of media.

Links three Between Computer Based training and Web design

for learning
After learning about how to create an online course and using it for our TP. We
took another course that can help us to create a more professional online
learning object which was Web design for learning.
In this course we gained the skills of creating advanced websites. Another
useful thing that we have learned is how to evaluate the learning objects
either the ones we create or any other online learning objects.
So, after learning these skills I started using them to evaluate my learning
objects that I have created for the previous course in order to develop them
and to know their weak and strength points to be able to build professional
learning objects for my coming TP.

Link four Between all Practicums (year 1- year4)

Practicu
m 1a
-1b

Practicu
m 2a
-2b

Practicu
m 3a
-3b

Practicu
m 4a
-4b

This link is for all of the practicum courses from year 1 till year 4. All of the
practicums are linked together because from the first year we started by
practicing the basics of teaching and developing our teaching skills throw
years. Building our skills and learning new things and developing our
teaching techniques throw these four years was the most useful thing for us
to be ready to face the world, to be ready and fully confident about real jobs
and to find out what is the best ways suits us as teachers to use our skills in
the best ways.

Link fife Between Multimedia Authoring, Computer-Based

Training and practicum 3a 3b
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In the Multimedia Authoring course we have learn how to add embedded

media to websites and I think that these skills which are gained from this
course are linked with another courses which are Computer-Based Training
and practicum 3a 3b because after learning how to add the embedded
media to the online courses that I have created in the computer based
training course I was able to add more useful things to my learning objects.
And all of these skills and using them to develop online learning objects
helped me throw my teaching practice and made it easier for me to teach
during practicum which is a great thing.

Conclusion
In the end I want to say one important thing to put in mind which is that all of
the courses that weve took throw our previous and either on the upcoming
years are all linked in some way or another.