Gagnes Nine Events of Learning Worksheet

Learning Event
1. Gain Attention

2. Inform Learner of
Objectives

Relation to Learning
(Internal Mental) Processes
Activating receptors

Notes (examples; metaphors; etc)

Show a video A Brief History Of
Twitter brief history Making
- make announcements via twitter about
the workshop:
tweet about the start of the workshop.
Tweet about the resources needed for
the workshop.
If it works, before the workshop date we
might ask teachers and educators via twitter
to share their experiences using twitter for
educational purposes. Then, share their
responses via voicethread or as video with the
class.

Engaging executive
control processes
Creating expectancy for
learning

Set up a new twitter account.

Utilize twitter features (tweets, retweet,

favorite, hashtag, list, search)

Describe twitter usage as an educational

tool.

Discuss the benefits of using twitter as

instructional tool.
Create PLN with mentors of learners

professional field.
Share content via twitter by linking to a

blog or inserting images and videos.

Recognize helpful twitter tools and third
party apps. (Twtpoll, TweetDeck)

Identify professional considerations in

using twitter for education purposes.

Model safe, legal, and ethical use of

twitter.

3. Stimulate Recall of
Prior Learning

Retrieving relevant prior

knowledge into working
memory

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Based on a poll (provided to learners

before the class), will ask the learners
who are familiar with twitter to explain
for which purposes they use it.
Create a link between a trending topic
in real life with this topics hashtag on
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4. Present New
Content

Engaging selective
perception of relevant
features

5. Provide Learning
Guidance

6. Elicit Performance

Providing cues/support
for encoding to and
retrieval from long-term
memory
Assessing and enhancing
response organization,
encoding

7. Provide Feedback on
Performance

Reinforcing, refining,
correcting understanding
(i.e. schema/neural
networks)

8. Assess Performance

Activating retrieval
Reinforcing understanding
and application
Providing cues/support
for generalization and
retrieval in novel
situations

9. Enhance Retention
and Transfer

twitter. (Social or political issues)

Benefits of twitters as instructional
tool.
The steps to create a new account with
appropriate profile.
how to use tweet, retweet, favorite,
hashtag, search, and list.
Popular educational hashtags.
Linking twitter to other helpful
instructional tools (blogs).
Ethics Guidelines for using twitter as
an instructional tool.
Twitting questions, cues, and resources
to learners.
Encouraging learners to guide each
other via twitter.

Number of activities that cover objective:

- Creating personal account on twitter
- Search to follow accounts that share
the same interests or to look up the
new trends or discussion in the field
- Take part in discussion via hashtags
- Creating list.
- Share helpful resources with peers
-

Moving from group to group to provide

the appropriate feedback.
- Retweet or favorite their tweets.
- Giving each group a chance to give
their feedback on their peers work via
twitter
This will happen during the activities on step 6

Homework: an activity in which the

learners will apply what was learned on
his field or profession. (create PLN)

Critical Notes for Understanding:

1.

Although presented in linear fashion here, the nine events are not always executed that way.
a. Steps one, two, and three typically occur at the beginning of a learning event and are repeated, separately
or together, as needed throughout a learning event (to refocus or restart the learning).
b. Steps four through seven typically occur in a repetitive fashion for every manageable chunk of new content
(knowledge and skills).
c. Steps six and seven are about embedded (also called formative) practice of new knowledge and skills.

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d. Step eight is about summative assessment (also referred to as comprehensive/holistic testing).

2. The events can be applied to any approach to learning (e.g. direct instruction; discovery learning, constructivist
approaches, etc.) and typically span across learner experiences both inside and outside the classroom or
formal learning event/environment.

JM Brill

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August 2013