Week 3: Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan Title: Teaming up with Technology: Becoming Familiar (Online)

Bridge-in (Motivation)

Learning Objective

Lesson Plan
Have participants start
by reading through the
Penman and Thalluri
article on addressing
diversity in an e-learning
environment.

Learner Activities

Help participants frame

their thoughts on this
article by presenting
them with the following
items to think about:

Discussion: Analyze This

What were the

authors trying to
accomplish with
their study?
How did the
decide what
areas of the

Time (Minutes)
60 minutes

Analyze a course
lesson for
opportunities for
technology
integration.
Articulate how to
effectively
integrate
technology into
course
curriculum

Instructor Activities

Resources
Penman, J., & Thalluri, J.
(2014). Addressing
diversity in health
science students by
enhancing flexibility
through e-learning.
Electronic Journal
Of E-Learning, 12(1), 89100.

Have participants
read Penman and
Thalluri.
Ask participants
to make notes
related to the
questions
presented to
them.
Have participants
share their

Resources

Time (Minutes)

120 minutes
Penman, J., &
Thalluri, J. (2014).
Addressing
diversity in
health science
students by
enhancing
flexibility through
e-learning.
Electronic Journal
Of E-Learning,
12(1), 89-100.

curriculum would
observations in
benefit from
the discussion
technology
forum.
support?
Ask participants
How did they
to responds
other
decide the best
participants
way to
observations
implement their
chosen
technology tools?
What were
student reactions
to their chose
approach?
Discussion: What Would
Ask participants
You Do?
to select a
curriculum item
Have participants
of their choosing
share their chose
to analyze.
curriculum item
Contribute
in the discussion
feedback and
forum.
guidance to
In the forum
discussion in
have participants
forum
discuss how they
would pair
effective
teaching
methods from
week 2 with
technology to
support student
learning.
Ask them to refer
back their
observations of
the Penman and
Thalluri article to
guide them in
their thought
process.
Ask them to
respond to other

120 minutes
Penman, J., &
Thalluri, J. (2014).
Addressing
diversity in
health science
students by
enhancing
flexibility through
e-learning.
Electronic
Journal Of ELearning, 12(1),
89-100.

participants
post.