Good Morning!
For several of you I will be going into your courses and checking for 50% completion this week. We have quite a few of you on different schedules due to late hiring, so please be sure to check your contract closely for completion deadlines. Please let me know if you have any concerns about your completion dates.
Here is a link to learn more about student learning styles and multiple intelligence: http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm
It is important to keep in mind throughout your development that all of our students have different learning styles. In the online environment we are heavily driven by the visual learning style. However, through a few small tweaks and changes during development we can also tap into the audio, tactile, and kinesthetic learning styles. To tap into the audio learning style you can send me scripts of audio lectures I would be happy to record a lecture for you and put it into your course. Additionally, there are all sorts of podcasts and audio learning resources out there that you can link into your course.
To tap into the kinesthetic learning style you can have students complete tactile type assignments and report back through discussion boards. Additionally, learning objects also tap into the kinesthetic learning style.
Just because you are designing a course in the online environment it is important not to forget to utilize the other types of learning.
Have a great week!
Amy
Monday, June 23, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
June 16, 2008
Good Morning!
I do believe it has finally turned into summer here in Minnesota! I hope you are enjoying this beautiful sunny weather :-) I apologize for not posting a blog last week as the to-do list was quite long and the week slipped away from me. Hopefully this week, you will find that the information is "doubly good" and makes up for the missing blog last week!
The majority of you are coming up to your 50% deadline next Monday (6/23/08). If you have any concerns about meeting this cut off point please let me know ASAP. There are others of you that are just starting your development now and have a quick development cycle. If you have questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to e-mail me at aode@msbcollege.edu or post to this blog for other developers to help you out.
I would like to spend some time talking about Wikis in Instruction. Here is a link to the Wikipedia page on Wikis in Instruction (Ironic huh?): http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/Wikis_in_Instruction
I do believe it has finally turned into summer here in Minnesota! I hope you are enjoying this beautiful sunny weather :-) I apologize for not posting a blog last week as the to-do list was quite long and the week slipped away from me. Hopefully this week, you will find that the information is "doubly good" and makes up for the missing blog last week!
The majority of you are coming up to your 50% deadline next Monday (6/23/08). If you have any concerns about meeting this cut off point please let me know ASAP. There are others of you that are just starting your development now and have a quick development cycle. If you have questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to e-mail me at aode@msbcollege.edu or post to this blog for other developers to help you out.
I would like to spend some time talking about Wikis in Instruction. Here is a link to the Wikipedia page on Wikis in Instruction (Ironic huh?): http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/Wikis_in_Instruction
This page contains a lot of great information on the definition of a wiki, services that host wikis for instruction purposes, when to use a wiki, and examples of wikis in instruction. I think that if you are at all confused about wikis, the purpose of them, and/or how they can be used in instruction, you will find this link incredibly useful.
I can't stress enough to HAVE FUN with your developments and to stretch yourself to work in new and exciting features. Wikis are just one example of a way to stretch your development muscles and incorporate new and exciting technologies into your developments.
Have a great week!
Monday, June 2, 2008
June 2, 2008
We have reached the 25% deadline! I will be going into your courses this week to check for this completion and answer any questions you might have.
Last week I discussed the New Languange of Learning and mentioned that I would go into further depth on some of these topics in later blogs. This week I would like to discuss the Digg web site. In all of our courses we are required to have an external link in every unit. It is sometimes difficult to find an external link that is relevent and interesting to the students. This is where digg.com can come in handy. Check out this site to find very interesting web sites on the following topics: Technology, World & Business, Science, Gaming, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Sports, and Offbeat topics. There is also a search feature so that you can find websites related directly to what you are looking for.
For example, for our Career Development course I found an article on the cnn.com website through digg.com. The article is titled: "You're Not Getting The Job: 25 Reasons Why" There is no way I can go on every web site every day to look for meaningful articles, so digg.com helped me find a current article from CNN.com (a reputable web site) that would be interesting to our students. It is a wonderful way to keep the course fresh!
I hope that this website is helpful to you in finding web sites that your students will be interested in!
Have a great week!
Last week I discussed the New Languange of Learning and mentioned that I would go into further depth on some of these topics in later blogs. This week I would like to discuss the Digg web site. In all of our courses we are required to have an external link in every unit. It is sometimes difficult to find an external link that is relevent and interesting to the students. This is where digg.com can come in handy. Check out this site to find very interesting web sites on the following topics: Technology, World & Business, Science, Gaming, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Sports, and Offbeat topics. There is also a search feature so that you can find websites related directly to what you are looking for.
For example, for our Career Development course I found an article on the cnn.com website through digg.com. The article is titled: "You're Not Getting The Job: 25 Reasons Why" There is no way I can go on every web site every day to look for meaningful articles, so digg.com helped me find a current article from CNN.com (a reputable web site) that would be interesting to our students. It is a wonderful way to keep the course fresh!
I hope that this website is helpful to you in finding web sites that your students will be interested in!
Have a great week!