EDC 665 Learning Design

Think back to a successful learning experience you have designed- what
made it successful? What was your role in creating that success?


The most successful learning experience I designed was a simple lesson on measurement. What made it successful was I took the children out of the classroom and to the playground. They became their natural self-- ready to take on the world. The classroom sometimes become restrictive for small children. They can't get too loud because they might disturb other classrooms (unfortunately my class is in a wing). The students were broke up into groups of fours and given a box of materials. They had to build a ramp and measure how far the objects rolled down the ramp and chart the information. They were given race cars, spools of thread, marbles and other rolling objects. They were given measuring tape, links, paper clips, sentence strip, timers, and other measuring tools they could use. I was the facilitator and it felt great to watch my students explore, make predictions, and share their findings with laughter and outside voices.