Good Morning!
Today is the 50% completion deadline. I will be going into your courses this week to look for 50% completion of course development. I will also be looking for creative course development and interesting course design strategies. Please let me know if you have any concerns about meeting this deadline.
As you are developing your course, you might be wondering if you are meeting expectations of what your course should look like and should encompass. Please view the online course development rubric at the following web page:
http://www.csuchico.edu/celt/roi/
This rubric evaluates a course based on Learner Support, Organization, Instructional Design, Assessment, Innovative Teaching with Technology, and Faculty Use of Student Feedback. As you look through what is considered "Baseline", "Effective", and "Exemplary" in each of these categories compare the descriptions to what you have done with your course design. We are looking for your course to fall in the Exemplary category as much as possible!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
March 17, 2008
Happy St. Patricks Day!
Just a reminder that next Monday is the 50% completion date for your developments. I will be going into your courses at that time to check for completion as well as offer suggestions. Please remember to have at least one external link in every unit! It is important to provide students with additional web links that relate to the information they are learning in that particular unit.
Books 24 X 7:
Books 24 X 7 is the largest online book resource offering unobstructed access to the complete unabridged contents of thousands of the latest and best business and technology books. You can gain access to Books 24 X 7 by logging into Skillsoft and searching within Books 24 X 7. All of these books are free to our students and you can assign a reading from any of these books.
In order to search Skillsoft for any materials that are available you go to http://msbcollege.skillport.com. Your username will be the same as your e-mail name. For most employees it will be firstinitiallastname (i.e. jdoe). Your password will be your e-mail name as well (i.e. jdoe). Your username and password are the same. You can then search for a course by keyword at the top of the page.
Have a great week!
Amy
Just a reminder that next Monday is the 50% completion date for your developments. I will be going into your courses at that time to check for completion as well as offer suggestions. Please remember to have at least one external link in every unit! It is important to provide students with additional web links that relate to the information they are learning in that particular unit.
Books 24 X 7:
Books 24 X 7 is the largest online book resource offering unobstructed access to the complete unabridged contents of thousands of the latest and best business and technology books. You can gain access to Books 24 X 7 by logging into Skillsoft and searching within Books 24 X 7. All of these books are free to our students and you can assign a reading from any of these books.
In order to search Skillsoft for any materials that are available you go to http://msbcollege.skillport.com. Your username will be the same as your e-mail name. For most employees it will be firstinitiallastname (i.e. jdoe). Your password will be your e-mail name as well (i.e. jdoe). Your username and password are the same. You can then search for a course by keyword at the top of the page.
Have a great week!
Amy
Monday, March 10, 2008
March 10, 2008
Good Morning!
It looks like your developments are coming right along and all of you are working in creative and engaging assignments for your future online students! This past week I came across an article from Magna Publications titled "Student Moderators In Online Courses" and wanted to share this idea with you.
This article talks about the idea of having students within the class be assigned as discussion board moderators. The author of the article describes her approach and how it worked for her. She admits that having student moderators is not the best approach for every course and every subject matter, but shares some of the benefits as well as tips to make the approach easier to facilitate. Please read this article and determine if it would be a good approach to work into the course you are currently developing:
http://www.magnapubs.com/issues/magnapubs_ff/5_3/news/601248-1.html?s=FF&p=MFCFEZ
It looks like your developments are coming right along and all of you are working in creative and engaging assignments for your future online students! This past week I came across an article from Magna Publications titled "Student Moderators In Online Courses" and wanted to share this idea with you.
This article talks about the idea of having students within the class be assigned as discussion board moderators. The author of the article describes her approach and how it worked for her. She admits that having student moderators is not the best approach for every course and every subject matter, but shares some of the benefits as well as tips to make the approach easier to facilitate. Please read this article and determine if it would be a good approach to work into the course you are currently developing:
http://www.magnapubs.com/issues/magnapubs_ff/5_3/news/601248-1.html?s=FF&p=MFCFEZ
Monday, March 3, 2008
March 3, 2008
Good Morning Developers!
Today is the 25% completion date for most of you. I will be going into your courses this week to offer suggestions and check for 25% completion. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
It is important to not get stuck in a rut when it comes to developing assignments and activities for students in the online environment. It is easy for students to get bored in the online environment and it is the responsibility of the course designer to keep the course and assignments interesting and fun. There is no end to the different types of assignments that can be required of students in the online environment. Here are a few assignment options.
Art Projects Jigsaw
Journal Critiques Journaling
Podcasting Kinesthetics
Blogging KWL (Know/Want/Learn)
Case Briefs Lab Experiments
Case Studies & Case Based Instruction Learning Contracts
Concept Mapping Literature Review
Debate Oral Reports
Design Projects Peer Editing/Review
Discussion Question Activities Portfolios
Document Analysis Presentations
Drill and Practice Procedural Demonstration
Essays Q & A (student questions)
Fieldwork Quizzing
Fishbowl Reflections
Gaming Reviews
Group Debugging Role Playing
Group Problem Solving Scavenger Hunt
Group Reports Simulations
Hypothetical Situations Socratic Dialogue
Ice Breakers Webguest
Inductive Reasoning Wikis
Interviews
Visit this web page to learn more about each of these assignment options and see an example of how each of the above can be used in an online course: http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/otai/
Today is the 25% completion date for most of you. I will be going into your courses this week to offer suggestions and check for 25% completion. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
It is important to not get stuck in a rut when it comes to developing assignments and activities for students in the online environment. It is easy for students to get bored in the online environment and it is the responsibility of the course designer to keep the course and assignments interesting and fun. There is no end to the different types of assignments that can be required of students in the online environment. Here are a few assignment options.
Art Projects Jigsaw
Journal Critiques Journaling
Podcasting Kinesthetics
Blogging KWL (Know/Want/Learn)
Case Briefs Lab Experiments
Case Studies & Case Based Instruction Learning Contracts
Concept Mapping Literature Review
Debate Oral Reports
Design Projects Peer Editing/Review
Discussion Question Activities Portfolios
Document Analysis Presentations
Drill and Practice Procedural Demonstration
Essays Q & A (student questions)
Fieldwork Quizzing
Fishbowl Reflections
Gaming Reviews
Group Debugging Role Playing
Group Problem Solving Scavenger Hunt
Group Reports Simulations
Hypothetical Situations Socratic Dialogue
Ice Breakers Webguest
Inductive Reasoning Wikis
Interviews
Visit this web page to learn more about each of these assignment options and see an example of how each of the above can be used in an online course: http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/otai/