E-Learning Artifacts
During the first course in the certificate program, I was introduced to some very interesting and helpful tools. I have now begun to use these resources myself, and I also share them with students because they are excellent ways to build organization for both autonomous and collaborative work.
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Diigo E-Learning for Educators Group: A helpful resource for instructors (novice to advanced) to gain some insights to online learning. Once an account is created, resources (web pages, videos, TED Talks, et cetera) can be saved and housed for future use and shared with others. Furthermore, diigo provides annotation tools like highlighting and note taking, which makes it a fantastic tool for students who can organize, save, and share information and research.
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Click Scoop.it! Magazine to see my personal curated videos and articles from a range of sources that provide information on blended and online teaching/learning. After having read The Media Consortium's "Horizon Report--2014 Higher Education Edition," it became clear that blended learning will, no doubt, play a large role in the types of classes provided to students. Students can also benefit from Scoop.it! as it allows them to create a digital folder to house artifacts--it would be a great way for students to work individually and/or collaboratively to gather material and then share their findings with the class--an excellent way to build community in the online class.
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Moodle Online Discussion: An example of a discussion that I began on the Moodle platform. My goal was to write a question that would be open enough to engage several students and ask them to think critically about the texts we were reading. Penn State's "Introduction to Crafting Questions for On-line Discussions” proves to be a valuable tool in helping focus discussion around the type of outcomes the instructor wants, i.e. comprehension, evaluation, synthesis, et cetera. Moodle Online Quiz: Below, you can see short quiz that I created asking class participants to respond to "E-Learning: Tips for Student Success." Using multiple types of questions (multiple choice, short answer, fill in the blank) allowed me to take into consideration different students' learning styles and comfort levels. I found the Centre for the Study of Higher Education's "Online Assessment" to be a huge help. The specific areas of investigation work to ensure that online assessment tasks are meaningful and purpose-driven. |