Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Graphic Organizer

My post for this week is on slideshare at the following web-site;
http://www.slideshare.net/hank9/organizer. 7/21/09

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Community Participation

All students should be aware of the guidelines given by the instructor for participation in the community (Palloff & Pratt, 2007). The instructor should also stepin and inform students if their participation begin to wane (Palloff & Pratt, 2005). Other students should encourage the student that seems to be reluctant to participate in the community by asking the reluctant participant questions on the topic to encourage them to answer. Talking about other subjects besides the topic at hand can motivate participation.
Members of the community can assess each participant. Grading rubrics should be included in the course. Self-reflection should be part of the assessment. The instructor can also assess students on their skills and knowledge. Some students may have advanced skills and may not display the growth of students that are not as advanced and this should be taken into consideration when grading the student (Siemens, 2008). " Students need a road map not only to guide the activity, but also to know how that activity will be assessed and evaluated" (Palloff & Pratt, 2005).

References

Palloff, R. M. & Pratt, K. (2007). Building Online Learning Communities; Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom; John Wiley & Sons Inc., Published by Jossey Bass

Palloff, R. M. & Pratt, K. (2005). Collaborating Online; Learning Together in Community; John Wiley & Sons Inc., Published by Jossey Bass

Palloff, R. M. & Pratt, K. (2005). The Role and Responsibility of the Learner in the Online Classroom, retrieved from; http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Resource_library/proceedings/03_24.pdf on 7/08/09.

Siemens, G. (2008). Assessement of Collaborative Learning; Laureate Education Video presentation

Online Learner Engagement, revision4

Go to slideshare link to review an update of my storyboard. I hope everyone will be able to view it. It took me some time to find a place to post it. It still needs quite a bit of work.

ONLINE LEARNER ENGAGEMENT, rev4

http://www.slideshare.net/hank9/online-learner-engagement-h-briggs4