Potential Artifacts

I’m still back and forth about what I want to revise but here are the following options:

1) my behavior modification project, which is a scaffolded assignment where students use a motivation theory and learning theory to help them set a goal/track their behavior/develop an intervention. While I do think it is student-centered, I want to see if there’s any way I can help modify it to make it engaging for students (relevant ways to engage)…but also help reduce some of the load on me with giving feedback. I find that the way it is formatted, students are limited in the type of goal they can have. With that, I want to work on changing the directions, providing them resources for it, and editing the rubric.

2) the other option I am considering is modifying my personal control beliefs lecture. This is a really important lecture because it focuses on a lot of meaningful topics to students (e.g., learned helplessness, self-efficacy, personal control, motivation frameworks), but I find that it is very lecture heavy. Because it is so relevant for students, I want to make it so they can actively engage in the class and be able to apply the concepts in their lives and reflect on them. I would want to provide class activities, polls, discussions, and maybe break this up into 2 different days to discuss.

I completed both asynchronous activities to help me better design them. Because I teach a motivation class, I do have students that openly talk about barriers to motivation (e.g., their own psychological distress, work-life issues, mental health), and I’ve found this to be apparent in-class lectures and in their behavior modification project. With that, I took the Kognito training to help better design these materials with an idea of how I might address student issues/topics that come up in the project or in-class discussions. I also took the training on student body engagement, which is also relevant for both possible artifacts. For the class lecture, I can work on implementing breaks and well-being techniques to help the focus. For the behavior modification project, I can also help them with positive visualization during the presentation part of their project.