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This week I was again given the pleasure of working from home. Personally, this is the aspect of eLearning that I like the most. For colleges that are looking to be competitive with non-traditional students, the use of virtual classrooms to simulate a real class experience seems to be a must. Traditional online courses do not seem to provide the same amount of depth that can be gained through live interactions with classmates.
For the second half of the class we worked on fleshing out our pre-storyboard templates for our lesson on the Iditarod. Read the rest of this entry »
So, last week we worked on designing a lesson module for e-learning that used the Iditarod as the primary content. It was fun to “get our hands” dirty with classmates and start to create an e-learning product. Specifically, it was useful to aid in applying the theories and techniques that we have discussed in class. In researching these, I came across a few webquests that did just this.
Two years ago I attended a workshop that taught teachers to build effective webquests at the Camden County ETTC. These projects, for those of you outside of education, provide students with a generally inquiry based approach to understanding a topic through internet research. All of the sites used are generally assigned by the teacher, giving the students guided instruction. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, I have been absent from the blogs/discussion boards this week because I have been working on a machinima for Visual Design using Second Life. For those of you who have not tried yet, Second Life is a virtual environment that works similarly to a Social Networking site, however all interactions are controlled by 3D avatars.
My group decided to use NOAA’s island in the program in order to teach the viewer about Tsunamis. The video was created by Faisal, Jenn Morinn, and myself and can be found here. Looking at Gagne’s 9 Events, as talked about in class this week, this video would make a nice hook to pull the students into a lesson on Tsunamis, or possibly as the 4th event to present content. Read the rest of this entry »
For those of you who were not in attendance, Amy, Scott S., and I presented on the use of virtual classrooms at the My Classroom to Yours conference. This entire conference was provided by the ETTC/SRI and brought together various teachers, from throughout the region, in order to share successful teaching practices. Through our presentation, we were able to show various uses of virtual classrooms in today’s education environment as well as present various free options. Read the rest of this entry »
So, this week was my first attempt this semester at teaching a subject solely through the use of Wimba. Aside from various hiccups, it seemed to go quite well. I really do enjoy using the program and find various ways in which to incorporate standard teaching practices through the online environment. The more we use the breakout rooms, the more I can visualize collaborative learning exercises and their implications to teaching classes online.
With all of this in mind, it really is a shame to see some of the online classes being given to undergrads. My wife is currently going back to college and is taking five online classes this semester. Though I can see that the professors would be excellent in the classroom, it appears that they really are quite unsuccessful in the online realm. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey everyone,
As you can probably see, I have been using this blog for three semesters with Amy. If you are interested, all of the previous entries met Dr. Ackerman’s requirement for blog entries. I often attach pics and documents in order to flesh out the blog and make it more of an organic dialogue, but these don’t seem to be required this week.
Sorry not to get this up sooner, but I’ve been sick this week. Seems my daughter brought home a bug with her and I’ve been out of work since Thursday…today’s the first day back.
As I said on the Bb posting, I felt that the first class was successful, though the syllabus was a bit daunting at first. Read the rest of this entry »
