LORRAINE’S MVCR REFLECTIONS               November 30, 2004

Online learning

Major goals

·       Give prospective online instructors an opportunity to experience the virtual classroom from a student’s perspective.

·       Model facilitator skills and technologies that participants will use in their own online courses.

·       Develop a functional understanding of the nature and importance of online learning in the context of contemporary educational offerings.

·       Provide participants with an overview of the key elements of an online course.

·       Discuss the online student’s role and responsibilities in the virtual classroom.

·       Discuss the facilitator’s role in the virtual classroom and identify characteristics of a successful online instructor.

·       Consider strategies to promote communication and collaboration in the virtual classroom.

·       Share ideas about how curriculum can be converted to adapt to the online environment.

 

Skill & knowledge – pre MVCR course:
  • Hands on experience of the online environment as a Masters student,
  • Little knowledge of the Threaded discussion model

Skill & knowledge – post  MVCR course:

·      Good overview of  some expectations of online learning as a facilitator, learner

·      Knowledge of how to participate in a synchronous meeting as well as asynchronous discussions

Skill & knowledge vs. goals

·      Achieved

How will you use what you have learned?

·      Incorporate knowledge in courses

 

·      Encourage colleagues to take MVCR courses

How will you continue to enhance skills?

·      Review course reading materials by logging on to MVCR courses taken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology tools

Major goals

·      Discuss some issues surrounding the use of technology in courses and curricula.

·      Introduce faculty to a wide variety of technology tools.

·      Examine example online courses and tools and explore how they enhance or detract from educational objectives.

·      Provide faculty with criteria with which to judge new tools as they emerge.

·      Discuss technology tools from the student’s perspective.

·      Discuss the support of technology tools.

Skill & knowledge – pre MVCR course:
  • Little  knowledge of online technology tools and how to use

Skill & knowledge – post  MVCR course:

·      Created a catalog of tools for use both synchronous & synchronous

Skill & knowledge vs. goals

·      Achieved

How will you use what you have learned?

·      Created an assessment instrument using Hot Potatoes

·      Incorporated a Learning Management System in my rapid prototype

How will you continue to enhance skills?

·      Explore other tools which learners can use to achieve course objectives

 

 

 

Student assessment for online learning

Major goals

·      Provide participants with an overview of strategies to assess students in an online environment.

·      Provide an environment where participants can share ideas and experiences related to online student assessment and online education in general.

·      Provide a model for educators who are or will be teaching online, and allow the educator to experience online education from the student's perspective.

 

Skill & knowledge – pre MVCR course:
  • Assessment is an important tool for obtaining knowledge of how students are performing
  • Using an authentic tool helps to clarify what will be assessed & how it will be assessed

Skill & knowledge – post  MVCR course:

·      How to create rubrics, function

·      Created rubric for my course, used

·      Created CAT for my course, use it to collect information from learners

·      Created end of module assessment based on principle of how to word multiple choice answers – i.e. all answers must be possible but only one must be correct

Skill & knowledge vs. goals

Achieved

How will you use what you have learned?

·      Create other assessment tools for my other courses based on the principle learned

How will you continue to enhance skills?

·      Explore other methods of assessment not currently used

 

 

 

Web design principles

Major goals

The goals of this course are to introduce educators to Web design principles that can be applied to their own course Web pages, to provide guidance on the process of planning the design of Web sites, and to observe good practices of Web design by evaluating other educational Web sites. The course also provides a model for educators who are or will be teaching online, and allows the educator to experience online education from the student's perspective.

 

Skill & knowledge – pre MVCR course:
  • Beginner – had knowledge of html tags, how to write simple instructions

Skill & knowledge – post  MVCR course:

·      Intermediate – no longer afraid of writing long instructions

·      Can proof & find some bugs

Skill & knowledge vs. goals

Achieved

How will you use what you have learned??

·      Maintain my course web page

·      Continue to improve my web site to make it Bobby approved

How will you continue to enhance skills?

·      Use principles in creating/assessing creations, selection of resources for use

 

 

 

 

 

instructional design

Major goals

·      Provide participants with an overview of theories and strategies related to instructional design for online courses.

·      Provide an environment where participants can share ideas and experiences related to online instructional design and online education in general.

·      Provide participants with instruction and guidance for the creation of instructional design components that can be used in their own online courses.

·      Provide a model for educators who are or will be teaching online, and allow the educator to experience online education from the student's perspective.

Skill & knowledge – pre MVCR course:
  • The ADDIE model
  • Formative vs. Summative evaluation
  • Assessment techniques
  • Creating a lesson plan

Skill & knowledge – post  MVCR course:

·      How to create a story board

·      Located  a site which I can use to create course evaluations formative & summative

·      Evaluation software – created an evaluation instrument

     http://www.getfast.ca/students/index.cfm?Randomcourse=79079263.0  (password 71219924)

 

Skill & knowledge vs. goals

 

How will you use what you have learned?

·      To develop online lessons using media which suit the environment

·      Use software to collect formative & summative evaluation data

How will you continue to enhance skills?

·      Continue to Teach and then branch into assisting educators who wish to teach online

·      Redesign all my courses

·      Become a member of AACE --Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

 

 

 

 

multimedia principles in education

Major goals

The purpose of this course is to introduce educators to the underlying principles of

 multimedia use as it is applied to the field of education and to provide guidance on

the process of constructing and using multimedia in online

Courses

 

Skill & knowledge – pre MVCR course:
  • Did not associate multimedia with Gagne 9 instructional events or types of learning

Skill & knowledge – post  MVCR course:

·      Now I ask the question what type of learning is it best suited. Or What type of instructional event can it be used for?

Skill & knowledge vs. goals

Achieved

How will you use what you have learned?

·      As a means of assessing the use of multimedia to achieve learning objectives

 

 

How will you continue to enhance skills?

·      Continue to update information on web site created http://www.geocities.com/lcross2004

·      Take another course (practical) to explore other multimedia software especially Flash

 

 

 

 

 

 

practicum

Major goals

The Practicum will provide you with an opportunity to develop and refine your

 design for an online course or course segment, as well as plan and facilitate a week’s

worth of discussion in a mentored setting

Skill & knowledge – pre MVCR course:
  • No facilitation experience
  • No knowledge of how to create a blog
  • No full instructional design for course

Skill & knowledge – post  MVCR course:

·      Hands on experience of what it feels like to be “blind” to learners

·      Created a web journal – blog - http://mvcrpracticumfacilitation.blogspot.com/2004/11/facilitation-reflection.html

·      Created an instructional design, rubrics, storyboard for course

 

Skill & knowledge vs. goals

·      Achieved

How will you use what you have learned??

·      Correct errors & misconceptions

How will you continue to enhance skills?

·      Submit to MVCR instructors for use as evaluative material to gain feedback

·      Elicit views of learner via survey instruments, knowledge probes, CATs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright, the teach act & intellectual property issues

Major goals

Course explores Intellectual Property law and Fair Use Guidelines as they relate to the Internet in academic contexts.

Skill & knowledge – pre MVCR course:
  • Had knowledge of the existence of the Acts but little knowledge of the details of fair use, how do a copyright search, or the process of copyrighting

Skill & knowledge – post  MVCR course:

·      How to copyright material

·      Cases of copyright issues

·      How to write a brief

Skill & knowledge vs. goals

Achieved

How will you use what you have learned??

·      Copyright material created

 

How will you continue to enhance skills?

·      Incorporate readings in my course materials

 

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