Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans for The New-Age Learner

In today’s era, disruption is a buzzword. The new-age learner, be it a student in a classroom, or an

employee at the workplace, wants to learn differently. Various platforms, portals, mediums, and
methods are being employed to facilitate this.

Still, it all starts with a lesson plan. Innovative lesson plans that go beyond the textbook widen the
scope of the topic, enkindle curiosity, and entice the learner to delve deeper, explore further, learn
better, and apply effectively.

What is Lesson Planning?

Lesson planning is a confluence of pedagogy and instruction design. A lesson plan helps an instructor
state, and achieve training objectives based on a defined curriculum. It warrants subject matter
knowledge as well as an understanding of learning psychology. A lesson plan is a step-by-step
instruction guide, and a blueprint for conducting a class or teaching a concept.

Lesson plans clearly state the short-term and long-term objectives of the concept being covered and
highlight the various stages in content delivery. It also introduces the learner to the necessary tools,
materials, and activities being employed in the session.

Lessons in self-paced e-learning courses need to be planned considering the absence of an

instructor, while instructor-led sessions need to be planned to enhance the instructor’s
effectiveness.

How Can Lesson Plans Help?

Lesson plans explore ways to teach and expand the tradition boundaries of learning. They encourage
lateral thinking and creativity and make learning and training sessions interesting, interactive, and
engaging.

Lesson plans help learners do more by weaving in plug-ins like multimedia, worksheets, assignments,
and in-class activities like quizzes, role-play, debates, etc. Lesson plans can also can be storyboarded
to assist graphic designers and developers in creating the e-learning course.

Another benefit of lesson plans is the standardization in instruction delivery across instructors. They
help streamline the flow of information and activity and ensure consistency irrespective of the
instructor’s own experience (or lack of it).

Creating A Lesson Plan

Before creating a lesson plan, instructors should consider:

The target audience – Who, Why, What, Previous Knowledge

The subject matter knowledge required

Type of learning (behaviour, skills, or knowledge)

Learner expectations

Available duration

Skills to be assessed

While creating a lesson plan, instructors should:

List teaching points/ideas as per the curriculum

Create long-term and short-term learning objectives

Suggest teaching methodologies

Write instructions for development teams – multimedia designers and layout designers

Write procedures for conducting in-class activities

Write instructions for teachers and students

List materials and resources required for activities

Create Worksheets, Handouts, Printable materials

Provide interdisciplinary connects

List expected student outcome and evaluation techniques

Write search keywords (META content)

Activities that promote ‘learning by doing’:

Undertaking Surveys Crosswords/ Puzzles/ Guess Who Am I?

Scripts for TV/ Radio Broadcasts

Presentations/ Elocutions

Role-Plays

Interdisciplinary Connects

Group Discussions/ Debates

Field Trips

Lab Activities/ Model Making

Interviews/ Press Conferences

Report/ Biography/ Article Writing

Types of Lesson Plans

Lesson plans can be of two types:

Comparative Lesson Plans:

Comparative lesson plans develop the same lesson in two different ways – one, for face-to-face
instruction, and another for self-regulated e-learning. These lesson plans serve the purpose of
sessions or courses which need to be delivered in different formats to different audiences.

Detailed Lesson Plans:

Detailed lesson plans carry comprehensive instruction for each learning/ performance objective.
These could be for either delivery method, and facilitate the instructor/ the designer in the
execution of the course.

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