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Overview

Description

This course will focus on the review and analysis of theories of motivation in relation to instructional design strategies in teaching and training. The primary emphasis is on the motivation to learn and techniques for stimulating and sustaining learner motivation. After study of a variety of theories of motivation, learners will be expected to analyze and apply theories of motivation in creation of weekly self-reflections, review of case studies, synthesis of research topics, and generation of motivational strategies within the instructional design process.

Course Goals

States the definitions of motivation and major theoretical research terminology and classifies examples of each theory.
Generates syntheses of basic motivational theories through a variety of activities and projects.
Adopts a strategy of gathering motivational resources from a variety of settings.
Generates motivational strategies within the instructional design process using a pre-designed module of instruction.
Chooses to identify and monitor instances in oneself and in others in surrounding settings of motivational theory application.

Objectives

At the conclusion of the course, each student will be able to:

State the broad definition of motivation.

2. List and classify the main research paradigms and indices of motivation assessment.

3. State the main historical perspectives on motivation from early views through current models.

4. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic areas of motivation theory that include expectancy theory, attribution theory, social cognitive processes, goal setting and orientation, intrinsic motivation, and interest and affect roles through successful performance on written exams.

5. Demonstrate an understanding of a synthesis of motivational principles and theories through the generation of a weekly reflective journal that analyzes practical examples of motivational situations.

6. Synthesize a set of research findings within a particular theoretical construct of motivation theory and generate these into a research paper following APA style.

7. Synthesize motivation theories by generating an analysis of motivation within each design step of a module of instruction. Students may use a previously-designed module for this purpose, if it lends itself well to the task.

8. Identify and generate abstracts of various resources on motivation from the Internet, library, journals, magazines, current news articles, and/or books.