EQ1 & EQ2 Week 3

EQ1 In what ways can I influence and support the implementation of the National Educational Technology Plan?

EQ2 What are the advantages of Backward Design? How can I use its principles to guide the learning design process?

1) I can influence the implementation of the National Educational Technology Plan by offering feedback to the department of education. The plan is "open" and therefore allows for input and feedback. By staying up to date with the plan, I can not only influence, but support it, through offering feedback, offering effective ways I have used technology or any other input to make the plan better and therefore more capable of success.

2) Backward Design allows educators to better focus on the goals and objectives they are trying to achieve for their students. A "standard" approach can focus too much on the method and not the end result. By literally "working backwards," one can make sure that the desired results do not get "lost" in the plan. Using this principle, I can put my goals for the students in the forefront of my mind and let them guide the learning design process.