My Intro to Computer Science 2 course was exceptionally beneficial because it embodied key elements of successful training design. Following the ADDIE framework, the professor clearly analyzed our needs, designing the course with specific, measurable objectives. Each class session built an environment that communicated the relevance of the training and made the content meaningful by connecting programming concepts to real-world applications.
The professor and TAs were incredibly friendly and helped me and other students all the time without making us feel dumb. This created a supportive learning environment where we felt comfortable asking questions. The class was well structured and we (or at least I) could clearly see how much better we had gotten since our first assignment. This progression demonstrated effective “evaluation” of our learning and performance, similar to Kirkpatrick’s framework.
In contrast, my Business Ethics course failed to implement these training design principles. The professor provided lengthy lectures without explaining their relevance to our future careers. The course lacked opportunities to make “the content meaningful” or chances “to practice” the ethical frameworks we were studying. There was minimal feedback beyond midterm and final grades, and content was presented as overwhelming information dumps rather than manageable “chunks”.
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