3.3 Online & Blended Learning
Candidates develop, model, and facilitate the use of online and blended learning, digital content, and learning networks to support and extend student learning and expand opportunities and choices for professional learning for teachers and administrators. (PSC 3.3/ISTE 3c)
Artifact: Online Learning Experience
Reflection:
The OLE project in ITEC 7481 meets this standard. This artifact consisted of taking the OLE Unit Plan from the previous course and creating the course in an LMS that could be implemented during ITEC 7482. For this artifact an LMS was chosen first. For example I chose Edmodo. Throughout the semester the artifact was built on. Items such as the syllabus, modules, resources, parent information, student rights, videos, readings, activities, etc. were added through out the semester. By the end of the semester there was an available course ready for students to participate in. In the course the students have to give students a variety of ways to gain information and reflect on their work and the work of others. As the instructor I had to use what I knew about the students to create appropriate assignments and means of gaining information.
The OLE meets the standard because it requires the candidate to create a blended or online course to use with their current students. This blended course, in my case, was used to extend student learning if they chose to participate in the course.
This experience taught me that creating an online course to implement is not as easy as it looks and although preparation for an online educator is different than one of a tradition classroom teacher, there’s a lot more that goes into creating than I thought. I also learned that I can’t just throw words or material in an LMS, there is research that helps online teachers appropriately organize, “decorate”, and build the online course. If I could go back and change anything it would be taking more time to make sure that I used more of a variety of best practices in my building of my LMS to prepare for implementing the course with students.
This artifact impacts Student learning. The way the artifact is build and the use of research- based practices increases the impact of student learning and helps the instructor meet the needs of their students. This artifact was used as an extension of what was taught in the classroom, so it gave students a chance to practice and extend their learning of the topic.
The OLE project in ITEC 7481 meets this standard. This artifact consisted of taking the OLE Unit Plan from the previous course and creating the course in an LMS that could be implemented during ITEC 7482. For this artifact an LMS was chosen first. For example I chose Edmodo. Throughout the semester the artifact was built on. Items such as the syllabus, modules, resources, parent information, student rights, videos, readings, activities, etc. were added through out the semester. By the end of the semester there was an available course ready for students to participate in. In the course the students have to give students a variety of ways to gain information and reflect on their work and the work of others. As the instructor I had to use what I knew about the students to create appropriate assignments and means of gaining information.
The OLE meets the standard because it requires the candidate to create a blended or online course to use with their current students. This blended course, in my case, was used to extend student learning if they chose to participate in the course.
This experience taught me that creating an online course to implement is not as easy as it looks and although preparation for an online educator is different than one of a tradition classroom teacher, there’s a lot more that goes into creating than I thought. I also learned that I can’t just throw words or material in an LMS, there is research that helps online teachers appropriately organize, “decorate”, and build the online course. If I could go back and change anything it would be taking more time to make sure that I used more of a variety of best practices in my building of my LMS to prepare for implementing the course with students.
This artifact impacts Student learning. The way the artifact is build and the use of research- based practices increases the impact of student learning and helps the instructor meet the needs of their students. This artifact was used as an extension of what was taught in the classroom, so it gave students a chance to practice and extend their learning of the topic.