Week 17 – Task 1 – Salmon’s Model

June 11, 2009 by

Just a few notes on the activity after my reading of Salmon’s model and the key principles.

I think the model is very straight forward and ultimately comes down to common sense. The model in itself is a building block – start off small and increase the amount of access, information and work required. This allows confidence to increase without the feeling of pressure in the first instance.

The differences described in each stage are made easier by the cartoon and from this you an easily add your own annotations for your own situations.

The five stages are easy to map onto my own students – I can see where this would help improve lesson planning and the process of engaging students more. However, because I don’t teach (in the traditional sense) it is not something I would have considered fully before. The model will certainly help me structure what I am doing with students, to make sure all the necessary requirements are met – it will help me to assess my own teaching practice too.

I can see where Salmon’s model fits in well with a distance course or even a course that requires attendance physically but has online elements, particularly in HE. In a secondary school however, I am not so sure how this would work perfectly well. I think this model would have to be adapted to suit the audience – common sense again I think.

Furthermore, this model is certainly something I would like to try and achieve with my current school – there is nothing like this in place at the moment. Salmon’s model clearly has an element of independent learning and teacher as facilitator rather than everything being taught. The idea of that interests me more and it must be implemented in schools as soon as it can be.

The model would be an ideal structure upon which to base a good lesson plan! A lesson plan that is innovative and engaging with clear outcomes.

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