The VISA Models

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to inform audiences directly 

      

Background:

When the U. S. Air Force trained me as a technical instructor in 1957, the Instruction model was Tell'em: "Tell'em what you're going to tell'em, tell'em, and tell'em what you told'em.  As instructors we were told to motive our students by creating a "burning yearning for learning."

  

The Instructional Model:

Opening (Learning Goal):  An ad for what's coming; e.g., "In this session we will cover the three addresses carried in every datagram sent from and to your workstation."

  

Middle (From Known to New Known):  Explanation of knowledge to be learned; e.g., "Just as each of us has several identifiers: DNA, name, home address, so, too, your terminal has three identifiers to the network:  a hardware addess, unique to every device, a net address for the net you are on, and an app address for your network connection.

  

Closing (Learning Assessment):  To ascertain learning has occurred; e.g., in Internet class, "How many addresses does your net device use in a session and what are they?"  (clarify and discuss).

 

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