Educational Webinar Assignment: Research Paper
Webinars are an efficient, inexpensive, and popular way of communicating information when participants cannot be in the same geographical location at the same time. Webinars are synchronous, allowing for engagement in discussions among participants, or asynchronous, allowing participants to access content individually as their time allows. A webinar is not a standard presentation. For instance, webinars have very little text, but rely on media (e.g., presenter's narration and interaction with participants, video clips, photos, graphs and charts) to transmit information. There are specific and accepted methods you can use to develop a webinar that is engaging and effective, please look at the resources within the module related to the assignment.
As a teacher I develop webinars for students all the time. The ppt movies I have for you are webinars. In order to present the final webinar to you I go through several steps. To the best of my ability I: 1). determine who will be in my class, 2). consider what students already know about the topic, 3). decide what I want students to know about the topic, 4). decide what content will best illustrate what I need students to know, and 5). determine the method to deliver the content.
This assignment serves as a detailed blueprint of your upcoming webinar. I should be able to take your plan and design your webinar myself. Consider this assignment as a description of each step of the preparation that will lead to Part III the webinar.
Part II: Outline/Paper - 50pts
a. Describe your audience in two to three sentences - be specific
i. EXAMPLE: typically-developing (i.e., do not have disabilities) preschool children ages three and four-years
ii. NOT: preschool children and their parents
1. You would not focus on the same content for parents and for children.
2. You would not use the same presentation style for parents and for children.
iii. NOT: preschool children
1. age not identified; two-year old children learn differently than five-year olds
2. children with disabilities often learn differently than typically-developing children and may also need different content
b. Provide the demographics (i.e., characteristics) of your audience
i. number of members in your audience - determine the need for your webinar
1. Coles county males with breast cancer
a. Number too low
b. webinar not worthwhile
2. consider access when determining need
a. homeless males with HIV are not likely to have access to a computer
b. not a good audience for your webinar
ii. EXAMPLES: typical age, racial/socioeconomic/religious affiliation, status in the LGBTQ community
iii. census data is often useful for this section (www.census.gov), as is data specific to your audience (i.e., Charleston High School website to identify number of seniors in HS in Charleston)
a. Specific focus of your webinar in two to three sentences - relates directly to the demographics of your audience
i. EXAMPLE: focus on recognizing body parts
ii. NOT: focus on sex ed - too broad
b. characterizes of your group that impact planning of webinar - be specific and use data (i.e., your 10 sources) to support your statements
i. brain development - cognitive function
ii. prior knowledge and experience with the content
c. goals for the webinar - what you want your audience to gain - EXAMPLE: an understanding that people have different body parts under their underwear and that they can say NO to certain touches
a. Overview of academic research related to your topic and appropriate for your audience - EXAMPLE OF INFORMATION TO CONSIDER: sex ed for preschool children, how young children learn
b. timeline - when your topic was first recognized, how has it changed (e.g., new legislation, more openness)
c. demographics - data regarding your audience+content
i. EXAMPLE: effectiveness of similar programs for preschool children (i.e., identification of body parts)
ii. NOT: how many preschool children are in child care
a. mechanics (i.e., how will you develop and present your webinar)
i. type of webinar - EXAMPLES: video, timeline, ppt
ii. program to use in the development of your webinar - EXAMPLES: Microsoft ppt, prezi
b. media - use the resources on the development of webinars in the assignment module
i. narration - You have to narrative your webinar.
1. add an explanation to each slide
2. EXAMPLE: "Introduction" ppt video in the first module of this class
ii. overall ideas for a mixture of photos, graphs, cartoons and videos (can find specific media later)
V. Reference List - Identify relevant research
a. Use 10 academic sources (i.e., journal articles)
i. You can supplement your sources with one popular press source
ii. Your sources should be dated 2015 or later
iii. Governmental data (e.g., center for disease control, census data) can be used as three of your 10 academic sources
b. Use APA for citations and include a formal reference list
c. Use these resources to shape every aspect of the assignment (i.e., identification of audience and material relevant to that audience, development of webinar)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Attachment:- Part-1-Educational-Webinar.rar