Thursday, October 30, 2008

Module 6

This module built on the previous one, by having us read Khalsa's journalism class plans, then comparing and contrasting it with Casey's. Khalsa's clearly was designed based on cybercoaching and constructivism. It gave students more ownership in their learning by giving them significant choices regarding how they would complete the course. Choices included not only the learning environment, but also tasks and assessments. Students in this course were involved in real world applications. They were coached through a learning and growth process that will have lasting value for them.

Additionally, we worked on surveys that we would give a class. Using surveys with a class helps the instructor understand her students better and adapt the course to their needs. It also communicates an interest in her students. Click here to view my survey.

As I work on my final project, I am happy that I am already teaching online courses. I can apply this task directly to my classes. There is great value in closely analyzing my assessments in relationship to Bloom's Taxonomy. I am a great believer in stretching students to use higher level thinking skills throughout my classes, as appropriate.
- Ginnie

2 comments:

Datta Kaur said...

Ginnie,

Such an interesting way to conduct a survey - so colorful, one question on a page.

I hope you also plan on eliciting personal information and share some of yours with your students in this survey.

You may be surprised how 'far' it will take your initial relationship online.

Datta Kaur

ginnie said...

Datta Kaur,

Thank you for your thoughts and suggestions. I don't think I would add my own personal information in the survey, because I have that in other places in my course. All of the teachers in my school are required to have it in our course introduction sections. I also learn more about my students from their collages.

I wanted to keep the survey short and make sure that I got the information that most impacts on my course.

Would the survey be better on one page? This is my first try with Zoomerang. I used to use Moodle to survey my students, but I wanted to try Zoomerang.

Ginnie