Module+3+Reflection

James Bell Module 3 Reflection It seemed that most of the postings on the discussion board had to do with time managment when dealing with designing, implementing, and managing an OLE. This is very important because like traditional classroom planning and teaching, OLE must be handled diligently to pull off competent instruction. I personally think that with the addition of incorporating technology, time management becomes even more important. I think that it is essential to utilize the blended learning gormat discussed in the module readings. This includes utilizing components from the three learning theorires, contructivism, cognitive, and behaviorism. This goes a long way in addressing the diversive learning styles among students. It makes for well balance instruction and personally, it would assure me that my lessons are besed in sound, proven threory. A question that I found myself thinking about is, when teaching online ocurses, how many could an instructor effectively manage per semester? I would like to make a career of instructing classes online. The central focus of the module was becoming a competent online instructor. I have to say that I whole heartedly agree with what stated in the lessons that in order for a person to become a competent online instructor, he/she must have spent some time as an online student. I would really be interested to hear the viewpoints of those that would disagree. For example, as an online student, you learn to navigate and to get a feeling for what aids you best in learning, what does not work so well.

Melissa Tillison-Module 3 Reflection Through the reading what I learned the most about is blend of learning theories like the five key ingredients are important elements of a blended learning process. I like how the author broke each step down, it was very easy to read and have understanding of the concept. This article help me have an understanding for my OLE plan, that is I wanted to add different ideas that could be blended. B;ending learning lets me know that I have many range of choices that I can use in preparing an online course. So I will follow this just like I do when I am using a receipe these are my key ingredients that I can pick and choose from. The article was very infromative for me, like all the others I will keep it for furture reference. The module was very informative in what we are learning I also enjoy the time management this is what I have a great problem with so by the end of the semester I hope to have that part engrave much better for my life.

Andrea Franklin - Through the reading I think I learned the most about time mangement and while reading about this, it helped me to realize how important it is. Soemtimes we forget about the time it will take for the facilitator to keep up with a large class after the learning is released. I have always considered time management on the front end, but this made me think specifically about the back end and the up keep afterwards. When things take to much time out of our day we tend to abandon them. But if we start thinking about the effects of what the up keep will be from the beginning, we are more likely to avoid this happening in the end. We had a huge initiative awhile back that took alot of time to create and there were a lot of people invovled. When it was complete and we pushed it out, we did not realize all the monitoring that would have to happen later. As we bagan to realize this and the initial hype of the initiative was over, we let just fade out and quit expecting people to do it because no one had the time to really monitor it. This was a failure to the students as the information was very useful and could have done a lot for them. Once it faded, we never even discussed revisiting it. Had we thought about this from the beginning and came up with a solid plan, or a different way to get the information out that would not have had so much monitoring afterwards, it may have been a more successful learning experience for the students. After thinking through this, I will be sure to take the time to figure out what will happen after the learning is released and how we will manage this. Some important things for me to think about will be: will there be up keep afterwards, who will do it, how much time will it take, when will it be done, for how long after release will it need to be monitored or up keep done, how will it be done, and is there an easier way to accomplish this? I also intend to relay this to my team so they can start thinking a little smarter about their projects and we can avoid allowing hard work to just fade out, as well as not giving our students everything they need to be successful.

Ted Schafer – Module Three Reflection

The modules we worked on this week had me thinking a lot about the effectiveness a 100% online instruction and how to design a module that can accurately measure how a student is doing in a course. That will be my focus when designing my project.

One of the things I have observed in automotive training over the past ten years is a shift to online learning and instruction, and less emphasis on assessment. Initially there was a system in place designed to assess technicians as they completed training, but many of the technicians being assessed had years of hands on experience and had a significant amount of instruction prior to the transition to online learning. As new candidates for technicians enter the industry – there seems to be less opportunity for hands on training for them unless they participate in a postsecondary program. As many of the skilled technicians with “legacy knowledge” retire there is going to be a need for trained individuals moving forward. And without opportunity for hands on instruction – or some companies’ unwillingness to send people to training as they believe web based training is sufficient, the industry continually will face issues finding capable individuals to fix vehicles.

Desiree Reeves - Mod3 Reflection

Designing Online Courses to Discourage Dishonesty was very informative reading. Before I read the article my first thought was, ‘if a student is going to cheat, they are going to cheat no matter what you do’. This was of course from the point of view of me being the student. After reading the article I have a broader perspective from the instructor’s point of view and all that is involved in accomplishing this task.

The article described different types of academic dishonesty such as cheating on test, failure to work in a group and plagiarism, to list a few. It also showed a comparison between what may be acceptable in a job work setting, may very well be considered cheating in a classroom setting, be it face to face or online. This was an interesting point for me because I never thought to compare the two and take this example in to consideration when determining if a person is cheating. In regards to online courses, there are five areas that instructors should include to discourage dishonesty: the course syllabus, content presentation, student/instructor relationship, assessment design and monitoring.

When designing your course, the syllabus is a major area to set the tone of discouraging dishonesty. The course should not be the same semester after semester and different ways to structure questions and answers should be incorporated. Being clear on what is and is not acceptable behavior should be stated here and examples provided. If these rules are not adhered to, the institutional repercussions should also be stated. What constitutes explosion, and what is a failing grade. In some courses a D- is still a passing grade whereas for some nursing courses, a C- is a failing grade. Your content presentation should be clear and easy to follow. Make sure that your technology is functional and engaging. As the instructor you should be knowledgeable of how to use the technology as well. Forming student-instructor relationships are important in keeping the lines of communication open. Let the students know that you are approachable by telling them that if they are having problems, they can contact you and give them your contact information. Monitor their activity to see and contact students who may have fallen off your radar. The fifth area to set the tone is assessment and monitoring. Questions and tests should always vary from class to class if you are teaching multiple course sections and from semester to semester. Questions should not be easily answered and put more incorrect answers in multiple choice questions so the student will have to prove they know the correct answer. Timing exams limits the amount of time a student could use the book to look up answers. Also, have multiple versions of the test with a large question bank so no two tests are the same. Monitoring tools enable instructors to see what is going on in the class. Working with your technical support department enables you to tell them what you want to see and then you will be able to note who is on discussion boards, how long, and who is communicating with whom, and if sharing of information is occurring.

This article was an excellent source of information on assisting instructors on ways to discourage dishonesty for online courses. It provided the areas to implement tools to prevent dishonesty, and gave examples. I will keep this as a go to reference when designing my module.

Marlean Ames – Module 3 Reflection

Description This week the class shared experiences regarding the collaboration element of OLE. The descriptions of the topics chosen were very insightful. It seems all students had some great points on the topics for both face 2 face and online either in a blended fashion or standing alone. The class mentioned some specific tools that have been used successfully and their plans to use them as well as try others in the future.

Impact Even though I have taken MANY classes online I thought that the concept discussed in the article by Caplan and College was what seemed to catch my interest. The article discussed how in order to become the best OLE instructor; one must first become a student in an OLE. The key concept seems to be one of exposure and experience to online learning. The best way to understand how to create, support and assess online learning, I should first participate in activities, strategies and various online environments. I believe this concept to be true since I have already participated in so many online courses and have been able to pull a tremendous amount of information out as far as what I would and would not do as an instructor. I have seen what works and what doesn’t.

Intent My intent after participating in this Module, will be to continue to learn as much as possible when it comes to OLE. I will explore as much as possible especially in the areas that I do not have as much personal knowledge in the OLE.

Gerald Cabacungan - Module 3 Reflection

While all the information presented in this module was value-added, I believe the article Blended Learning Design: Five Key Elements will help me most in a future career in Instructional Design. The article lists these ingredients as Live Events, Online Content, Collaboration, Assessment, and Reference Materials (Carman, 2005). This list of ingredients will give me a guide to ensure my online courses are as effective for my students as they can be, and they give me an idea what to look for in my current classes as a source of examples and ideas on how to incorporate these elements into my online courses. For example, for the ingredient Collaboration, I have seen the use of many tools that promote collaboration between students, such as Wiki, Googledocs, Springboard, and regular e-mail. For Live Events, I have seen Skype and Elluminate used in a course. A good blend of these ingredients will ensure the students remain engaged in the course and the course activities and will also enhance the learning and retention of the material.

//**__ Julia L. Cutler __**// //** Description **// In this module the focus was creating online learning and discussed blended learning design. //** Impact **// The article, //Blended Learning Design: Five Key Ingredients// by Carmen, really made in impression on me. I am currently teaching courses that are considered “blended” but that term is being used to describe that it’s half online and half f2f. I realized that in order to make the course work the best that it can for the students that I need to try to incorporate the “five key ingredients”. It made me reassess what I’ve been doing so far and what needs to be changed. I liked the idea of having my students work collaboratively. There were also several new web tools that I have bookmarked and plan to take a closer look at later to see what can be implemented for future students.

//** Intent **// My plan for the future is to make sure that I am using the “five key ingredients” so that the design of my courses are such that I am reaching the needs of my students and enabling learning on all levels.

Ben Dulin Wiki Reflection for: Module 3 Planning & Organizing Online Learning Environment

1. Description. “involves recalling your experiences such as class activities, textbook readings, and school involvement” I have been an educator for six years in a face-to-face environment teaching third grade. I created an online learning environment for a position that I used to have as the technology facilitator. I am currently teaching at a different school and am no longer paid to be a technology facilitator but I am still fulfilling that role here as well.

2. Impact. “You comment on what you learned from each experience” I consistently try to incorporate technology into my life both professionally and personally. I have been incorporating technology into my lessons as a face-to-face classroom teacher but I found that completely different when I decided to make the online course to meet the needs of my staff as the technology facilitator. When I incorporate technology into a lesson it usually seems as though it is in a teachable moment situation and I just work some technology into the lesson that I have already planned. When I was planning for the online learning environment I needed to have everything laid out and planned for ahead of time and then ready to supplement the discussion and add extra material as necessary during the implementation stage. The online learning environment was self-paced and for educators so I got to see those aspects as well. The learners were enjoying picking and choosing what they were learning and to what extent. I also asked them to share with me what they did ad they were successful with what I shared with them. There was not any formal assessment done since I am not their superior but the principal was happy that I shared it with them. It was not used as much as I would have liked. The staff all said they were interested but then they were asked to learn it on their own time and implement it on their own.

3. Intent. “Your intent should include how and when you will do what you want to do” I would like to create an online learning environment to teach a web 2.0 tool. I would like to create it for both adults and students to use. I see that the adults and students are at the same educational level when it comes to technology; if anything most students understand technology better than some adults. Some things that I will need to consider are the web filters that are at schools. I will not be able to put things on the website that will be blocked by the filter found in schools. I am sure that there are other issues that I will need to consider when developing this system for that type of an audience.

Description

In this week I have read many articles such //as The Management Strategies for online Teaching, The development of online courses, what works in k-12 online learning …//

Impact

When I start studying this program I always comparing between F2F learning and online learning. In this week I learned that the best way is blended f2f and online together. I really like //Blended Learning Design: Five Key Ingredients// by Carmen. Carman designs instruction for 5 key ingredients in blended learning environments. These are: live events, self-paced online content, collaboration, assessment, and reference materials. I think these keys are very important to create successful class. I also learned some tips of management the course. These tis are Write information clearly, organize the information, Take advantage of tools and technology, utilize other resources, Manage the discussion and Providing the requirement

Intent

In the future I will apply the five key ingredients and I will take advantage of the six tips of time management. I will use blended learning for my class

Ahmed Alshahrani Module 3 Planning & Organizing Online Learning Environment

We have explored a good topic about using technology in education. This topic focuses on design and development of online learning environments and managing classes online. Also, I began to write my plan for the final project.
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I think we spend a good amount of time with design online environment. Also, it is a good idea for all the students in this course to save all the materials for this topic to read it and review it. After reading the articles under this model. I really like Blended Learning Design: Five Key Ingredients by Carmen. These keys are live events, self-paced online content, collaboration, assessment, and reference materials. I think these keys are very significant to make the lesson more effective and efficient. Also, the students will interact and communicate with this environment.
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The second thing I learned from these articles how I can management the course on the online environment. There are some tips will help the instructors to make the course more effectively. These tips include write the information clearly, organize the information, Take advantage of tools and technology, ask the feedback from the students, create a list, and set a time.

 Finally, I read and learned a good information about some topics related with design and development of online learning environments. These topics are professional development, training challenges, designing to discourage dishonesty, learning objects, and course development teams.

I intend to apply the fife keys I learned from the design online environment on my OLE environment. These keys will help me to make the lesson more influence. Also, I will focus on how I can mange my OLE correctly and effectively. I can do that by apply a variety of strategies. For instance write the information clearly, organize the information, as well as take advantage of tools and technology. Last but not least, I will improve my skills to create a good online environment. These skills are learned how to write objective, how to make a discussion between the students, and how to create activities.
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