WBI Proposal

Your proposal should include the following elements.
 

Title & Description

Provide the title (may be a working title) and a brief description of the project.

Audience

Describe the target audience, including age, entry level skills (prerequisites), and cognitive, motivational, and affective characteristics.
 

Instructional Goal

Provide a broad statement of what learners will do or learn.
 

Specific Learning Objectives

Describe specific outcomes you wish the students to achieve. Use this to narrow the scope of your lesson.

Well written objectives have three main components:
    1. Given the specified context / materials
    2. the learner will do / demonstrate desired outcome
    3. to what specified level of proficiency
 

Description of the Project

Provide a description of the project that addresses each of the following questions.

    1. What materials will be required?
    2. What will a student or facilitator need to do to prepare to use this project?
    3. How will you gain and maintain learners' attention?
    4. How will you engage learners in the tasks?
    5. How will you facilitate deep processing?
    6. How will you encourage ongoing motivation?
    7. What will the teacher or facilitator do?
 

Rationale

Provide a narrative rationale that addresses each of the following questions.

    1. Why is this project worth the time and effort you will devote?
    2. Does it include more than just verbal (declarative) knowledge?
    3. What learning domains will be addressed?  How?
    4. Why use web technology for this topic?

Describe how this project addresses each of Gagne's Events of Instruction.

(As the project progresses, develop and maintain a rationale addressing both
Layout & Style Considerations and Navigation & Usability.
The final version of this Proposal (submitted with the project) must include this section.)
 

Anticipated Challenges

Describe any challenges you foresee in the planning, development, or implementation of the project.
 

Practice & Assessment

How will learners practice or apply what they have learned prior to a final "assessment?"

How will you provide feedback to the learners?

What "tangibles" will be produced?

How will learning be evaluated? (How will you know the students have mastered the objectives?)