Reflect on the prior instructor-led learning experience in which you were the student. You might choose a training course or a classroom course.

Address the following problems:

• What were you hoping to learn from the learning experience?
• What process or model do you think the instructor followed when planning the learning experience?
• What indicated to you that the learning experience was well planned and met applicable standards?
• How well did the learning experience meet your needs?
• There are many different methods for lesson planning. In Methods for Effective Teaching, you were introduced to the linear-rational, mental-image, and backward design methods. If you had been the instructor, which of these models would you have used to design your learning experience? Why?
• If you had been the instructor, what role would standards play in your planning of this learning experience?