Get Your Students Hired
Having the right format to develop on the canvas is imperitive to delivering the information to the students.
I learned that it would be a good idea to have someone who has not seen your class site take a look at it to make sure the links make sense and everything is easy to get to/understand. This will help to prevent many issues that students would have had, and to address the consistency/flow of the site before students look at it for the first time. I like this idea and will do this.
My biggest take-away was that module consistency is a must. Sections or weekly are both fine but chucking information together into smaller amounts will help the learners.
It is very intresting on how the sites are required to be set up and the difficulty it can cause if you do not keep the same format through out the entire course.
During this module I learned new vocabulary words. As an instructor, I always tell my students to learn new vocabulary words so he/she can increase their reading skills. Today, I learned the meaning of instructional scaffolding and junking.
I Learned how to create differnt type of online techniques that I use with my students.
For me the biggest takeaway from this module was the need for consistency. I can see how changing even small components from module to module might confuse students. I definately see myself creating and testing modules before opening them to students.
The importance of planning and creating a course module template, testing the template, revising, and implementing. Implementation should also be from the student perspective. Modules should be consistent from module to module.
Course modules should be consistent and easy to follow. They should also be similar in length. Course materials should be kept in an organized fashion and made readily available for students to access. I plan to take a look at my on-line modules for my course to ensure consistency, length or organization.
Creating and sharing a learning-object Database can make your life a ton easier the next time you teach a course.
I believe in consistency also framework. I also have used chunking in a classroom setting and believe it will be a great advantage with online instruction. In my profession 5-10 min. film clips work the best.
I learned that we should keep a file of "learning objects" which can be easily accessed.
I learned that developing a course framework is important for students in the learning process. It should be done with careful planning to ensure thatr the course content supports the course learning objective.
That it is important to keep the modules consistent. Stare learning material in the database to provide easy Quik access to material.
The most important thing I learned is creating templates, and organizing contents appropriately.
I learned that students need to have way to find all the information they need in simple layout. Everything needs to be outline for the students on the expectations of distance learning.