1. Due Week 7 and worth 250 points
Refer to both the Overall Concept for Assignments 1-4 and your
responses from Assignments 1 and 2 in order to complete this
assignment. Use the ASSURE model as the organizing
framework for your response.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Summarize the features and attributes of the emerging
technology that you have chosen and the target educational
setting into which you wish to introduce the chosen technology.
Next, elaborate on the concepts and / or task that will be the
centerpiece of a lesson or training episode.
Analyze learners:
Describe the demographics of the intended learner audience.
Select at least one (1) of the following aspects of the learner
population upon which to focus:
General characteristics
Specific entry competencies
Learning styles
State standards and objectives:
Discuss one (1) overarching instructional goal of the lesson or
training episode. Subdivide the instructional goal into three to
five (3-5) objectives that the learners should be able to
accomplish at the end of the proposed lesson or training
episode.
Select strategies, technology, media, and materials:
Given the content, learner analysis, the statement of the
instructional goal, and the corresponding objectives, develop at
least three (3) instructional strategies geared toward integrating
the chosen emerging technology into the proposed lesson or
training episode. Prescribe substantive approaches for ensuring
that the integration of the technology reflects the instructor's
cyberlearning literacy.
Utilize technology, media, and materials:
Develop a plan for utilizing the emerging technology and
related media and materials. The plan should outline a brief

2. description of how you would follow each of the 5 Ps discussed
in the Smaldino et al. text.
Require learner participation:
Develop at least three (3) activities that map to the learning
objectives.
Evaluate and revise:
Establish relevant evaluation criteria by which you would
measure the achievement of the overarching instructional goal.
Establish one (1) benchmark that constitutes the successful
integration of the emerging technology into the chosen setting.
Provide at least five (5) sources that document detailed
information about the integration of the selected emerging
technology into various educational contexts (i.e., K-12 or adult
education settings). The sources must be within the last five (5)
years.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting
requirements:
Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow
APA format. The reference page is not included in the required
page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Review current research related to emerging technologies for
instruction and learning.
Analyze the effects of technology in different instructional
settings.
Analyze the characteristics of 21st Century learners to aid in
determining effective ways of using technologies for teaching
and learning.
Examine critical issues related to the use of new instructional

3. communications technologies.
Apply education principles and / or the ASSURE model to the
design and evaluation of new technologies.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
designing, developing, and evaluating educational technologies.
Write clearly and concisely about issues in designing,
developing, and evaluating educational technologies.