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Instructional Strategies for Online Courses - 0 views

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Of the many instructional strategies available for use in the online learning environment, most have not been developed specifically for online instruction, but are currently used in traditional classrooms, and can be successfully adapted for facilitating online learning. Educators should choose instructional strategies that are most effective for accomplishing a particular educational objective. From this perspective, instructional strategies are tools available to educators for designing and facilitate learning . Below are ten instructional strategies which have been effectively used in the traditional classroom and can likewise be used in the online learning environment:
- Jen Green on 05 Aug 09
  
  I love that this acknowledges quality F2F instruction can and does exist.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I love that this acknowledges quality F2F instruction can and does exist.</div>
  
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Once a learner passes through the stage of confusion and anxiety associated with developing a contract,
- Jen Green on 05 Aug 09
  
  This is key and relates directly back to building trust and relationships in an online course. The difficulty is that the contracts often come at the beginning, while trust and rapport are still being established.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is key and relates directly back to building trust and relationships in an online course. The difficulty is that the contracts often come at the beginning, while trust and rapport are still being established.</div>
  
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Whatever terminology is used, self-directed learning places the responsibility for learning directly on the learner. Learners who take the initiative in learning and are proactive learners learn more and better than passive learners (reactive learners).
- Jen Green on 05 Aug 09
  
  Obviously ideal, but how to we get HS students to this point? It will require a major attitdinal shift...what about the student(s) who doesn't buy into this philosophy? Where is he/she left?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Obviously ideal, but how to we get HS students to this point? It will require a major attitdinal shift...what about the student(s) who doesn't buy into this philosophy? Where is he/she left?</div>
  
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Collaborative learning can be more effective than interpersonal competitive and individualistic efforts in promoting cognitive development, self-esteem, and positive student-student relationships.
- Jen Green on 05 Aug 09
  
  I still struggle with assigning group work for a grade. How do you prevent one student from doing the bulk of the work (and resenting it) and/or one student from not doing anything (and getting the benefit of others' work and learning)? I understand the value and potential, but I also have seen the reality.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I still struggle with assigning group work for a grade. How do you prevent one student from doing the bulk of the work (and resenting it) and/or one student from not doing anything (and getting the benefit of others' work and learning)? I understand the value and potential, but I also have seen the reality.</div>
  
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The key to a successful case study is the selection of an appropriate problem situation which is relevant both to the interests and experience level of learners and to the concepts being taught.
- Jen Green on 05 Aug 09
  
  Case studies/problems to solve would be a great addtion to math courses, BUT kids have to get to a point of having enough knowledge and skills to tackle the problem. If you give them a problem without adequate skills, then they will get frustrated and check out...we still have to build a fundamental skill set at some level.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Case studies/problems to solve would be a great addtion to math courses, BUT kids have to get to a point of having enough knowledge and skills to tackle the problem. If you give them a problem without adequate skills, then they will get frustrated and check out...we still have to build a fundamental skill set at some level.</div>
  
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Are Your E-Learning Courses Pushed or Pulled? - The Rapid eLearning Blog - 0 views

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The default position for many elearning courses is to merely push the information out to the learners.  The end result is that the course is heavy on information and light on interaction
- Jen Green on 04 Aug 09
  
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When you push the information out, you spend your time trying to figure out the best way to get it to the learners and make it stick.  On the other hand, when you design the course for the learners to pull the information, you spend your time figuring out how they would use it and then set it up for them to pull the content. 
- Jen Green on 04 Aug 09
  
  This is pivotal for me...looking at where and how we spend our (valuable) time to be the most effective instructors we can.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is pivotal for me...looking at where and how we spend our (valuable) time to be the most effective instructors we can.</div>
  
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7 Tips for Better E-Learning Scenarios - The Rapid eLearning Blog - 0 views

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getting your learners to pull the course content rather than you just pushing it out to them
- Jen Green on 04 Aug 09
  
  I highly recommend this link--great info. This is way of thinking excites me--I also think it could be done in F2F...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I highly recommend this link--great info. This is way of thinking excites me--I also think it could be done in F2F...</div>
  
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Most elearning courses are about the information in the course and not how the information is relevant to the learner
- Jen Green on 04 Aug 09
  
  I would say most courses, period. I am embarrassed to admit this is probably how kids feel about my courses.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I would say most courses, period. I am embarrassed to admit this is probably how kids feel about my courses.</div>
  
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How to Keep Online Students Motivated - 0 views

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Jen Green on 30 Jul 09

Great site that Janice posted in our discussion board. Thought I would try to put it out there for more to read. Thanks, Janice!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Great site that Janice posted in our discussion board. Thought I would try to put it out there for more to read. Thanks, Janice!</div>

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If You Build It, They Will Come: Building Learning Communities Through Threaded Discuss... - 0 views

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The process may include describing, collecting, recording, scoring, and interpreting of information in relation to a student's learning in an educational setting or context
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  Sounds great, but largely subjective...how can we assign/grade discussion without taking the "joy" out of it...how do we not leave ourselves open to arguments about scoring what are essentially opinions?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Sounds great, but largely subjective...how can we assign/grade discussion without taking the "joy" out of it...how do we not leave ourselves open to arguments about scoring what are essentially opinions?</div>
  
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Can the quality of participation be assessed without compromising individual styles
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  or inhibiting true learning and conversation...will students still just do what is required (the minimum)?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">or inhibiting true learning and conversation...will students still just do what is required (the minimum)?</div>
  
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Is there an objective way to gauge the quality of postings?
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  Is there?
  
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The insight the facilitator obtains from the above inquiries will provide him/her the framework to assemble a rubric.
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  I'd like to see a variety of these rubrics...these questions are great, but I really want/need the answers!
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'd like to see a variety of these rubrics...these questions are great, but I really want/need the answers!</div>
  
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http://edg5250-85.fa01.fsu.edu/assignmentgroup1.htm#65
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  link is broken
  
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Assessing Effectiveness of Student Participation in Online Discussions
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Applying the rubric
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  I really like this...one modification I might make is weighting some of the categories more heavily, for example, more weight on relevance and/or use of readings and less weight on grammar/spelling. I know that sounds odd for an English teacher, but I also believe in a time and place for different levels of formal expression. Discussion threads seem slightly less formal than a paper...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I really like this...one modification I might make is weighting some of the categories more heavily, for example, more weight on relevance and/or use of readings and less weight on grammar/spelling. I know that sounds odd for an English teacher, but I also believe in a time and place for different levels of formal expression. Discussion threads seem slightly less formal than a paper...</div>
  
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- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  One of the best articles for me so far...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One of the best articles for me so far...</div>
  
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Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches - 0 views

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This categorized and ordered thinking skills and objectives
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  Who else has the Bloom's question list taped on their podium? :)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Who else has the Bloom's question list taped on their podium? :)</div>
  
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Interpreting, Summarising, inferring, paraphrasing
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  While these are "lower" skills, MANY students have a lot of difficulty with these skills which prevent them from moving up the Bloom's ladder.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">While these are "lower" skills, MANY students have a lot of difficulty with these skills which prevent them from moving up the Bloom's ladder.</div>
  
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Highlighting – This is a key element of most productivity suites; encouraging students to pick out and highlight key words and phrases is a technique for recall.
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  I am going to experiement with this one with my reading kids. I teach highlighting on paper, so why not online? If I use "private", does it only show up for me? I wonder if, as a teacher, I could view each students' highlights somehow? I know I can do it in Word and have them submit it...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I am going to experiement with this one with my reading kids. I teach highlighting on paper, so why not online? If I use "private", does it only show up for me? I wonder if, as a teacher, I could view each students' highlights somehow? I know I can do it in Word and have them submit it...</div>
  
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- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  FYI-"private" notes are blue, our group ones are pink...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">FYI-"private" notes are blue, our group ones are pink...</div>
  
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Blog Journaling
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  Are these public or private? I wonder if these could be used for reading logs (independent or outside reading) for those of us who use that in class...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Are these public or private? I wonder if these could be used for reading logs (independent or outside reading) for those of us who use that in class...</div>
  
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Uploading and Sharing
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  What are the rules on this? This seems scary to me...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">What are the rules on this? This seems scary to me...</div>
  
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Validating – With the wealth of information available to students combined with the lack of authentication of data, students of today and tomorrow must be able to validate the veracity of their information sources. To do this they must be able to analyse the data sources and make judgements based on these.
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  HUGELY important skill--kids are blind consumers of everything they read on the internet, they do not analyze anything. Every article and website (ala wikipedia) has the same authority/worth. The problem with this skill is the time it takes (kids don't want to take it) and the reading level (comprehesion & evaluation) it requires. All prerequisites that needs to be developed along the way.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">HUGELY important skill--kids are blind consumers of everything they read on the internet, they do not analyze anything. Every article and website (ala wikipedia) has the same authority/worth. The problem with this skill is the time it takes (kids don't want to take it) and the reading level (comprehesion & evaluation) it requires. All prerequisites that needs to be developed along the way.</div>
  
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Ethics and Distance Education: Strategies for Minimizing Academic Dishonesty in Online ... - 0 views

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95 percent of those who had cheated "said they had never been caught"
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  Probably because it is so hard to prove that a kid cheated that it isn't worth the battle to make the accusation...sadly.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Probably because it is so hard to prove that a kid cheated that it isn't worth the battle to make the accusation...sadly.</div>
  
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Randomized questions pools are an excellent tool since they ensure that no two students will take exactly the same assessment.
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  Wouldn't this be a great scenario...two kids trying to take a test together having different test questions...they'd actually learn twice as much! :)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Wouldn't this be a great scenario...two kids trying to take a test together having different test questions...they'd actually learn twice as much! :)</div>
  
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Treat students as ends in themselves
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  So important...the "cheaters" that break my heart are the ones who do it out of desperation/fear of failure/lack of confidence...their issues are greater than content
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">So important...the "cheaters" that break my heart are the ones who do it out of desperation/fear of failure/lack of confidence...their issues are greater than content</div>
  
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References
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  I love that the references are hyperlinked...I am such an info-junkie!
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I love that the references are hyperlinked...I am such an info-junkie!</div>
  
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IMPLEMENTING THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES - Chickering and Ehrmann - 0 views

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They provide a basis for peer evaluation, so learning teams can help everyone succeed.
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  Peer evaluation is great, but it is also a skill that needs to be taught. Often kids gloss over the peer eval activities, not providing much help and not taking it seriously. I think this is because kids don't know what a good product is, it takes time, and peer dynamics interfere.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Peer evaluation is great, but it is also a skill that needs to be taught. Often kids gloss over the peer eval activities, not providing much help and not taking it seriously. I think this is because kids don't know what a good product is, it takes time, and peer dynamics interfere.</div>
  
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Learning teams helped themselves “learn the plumbing” and solve problems.
- Jen Green on 28 Jul 09
  
  This is ideal, but I think it will require a culture/attitude shift to create and foster independent learners. (Like our earlier conversations regarding spoon-feeding). This attitude reinforces the teacher as "facilitator in learning" and not "dispenser of knowledge".
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is ideal, but I think it will require a culture/attitude shift to create and foster independent learners. (Like our earlier conversations regarding spoon-feeding). This attitude reinforces the teacher as "facilitator in learning" and not "dispenser of knowledge".</div>
  
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Education Cartoons for Teachers - 0 views

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Education Cartoons for Teachers
- Jen Green on 18 Jul 09
  
  Fun source for classroom comics.
  
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Postbulletin.com: Rochester, MN - 0 views

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- Jen Green on 18 Jul 09
  
  Having the newspaper in class was one of the best tools in MCA reading prep. I would bookmark several online newspapers and new sites for class.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Having the newspaper in class was one of the best tools in MCA reading prep. I would bookmark several online newspapers and new sites for class.</div>
  
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Cool math .com - An amusement park of math and more! Math lessons, math games, math pra... - 0 views

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- Jen Green on 18 Jul 09
  
  I love this math site--great concepts, fun games (for all ages). If you need a "break" (but be prepared to get addicted) try Bloxorz under the game menu. Our whole family plays it!
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I love this math site--great concepts, fun games (for all ages). If you need a "break" (but be prepared to get addicted) try Bloxorz under the game menu. Our whole family plays it!</div>
  
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Bear NewZ | Grin and BEAR "I.T." - 0 views

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As you look at the following presentation, do you have any advise for me to make my course expectations better?
- Jen Green on 13 Jul 09
  
  perhaps you should look at a new career...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">perhaps you should look at a new career...</div>
  
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