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Lesson: Articles on Visual Design - 0 views

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  • Text spacing and size creates a visual hierarchy
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      annott on 29 Jun 19
       
      The all "caps" makes a big difference and naturally draws my eye towards it.
  • This is often because it’s large and set at what has been shown in studies to be the first place people look (the top left).
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      annott on 29 Jun 19
       
      I never realized that our eye are naturally drawn to the top left and that businesses purposely design websites with there logs positioned in the top left.
  • Usability
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      annott on 29 Jun 19
       
      This is so important to make it viable to everyone.Thinking about what you want the users to actually do is important.
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  • A lot of white space tends to make things seem more elegant and upmarket, so for example if you go to an expensive architect site,
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      annott on 29 Jun 19
       
      This is interesting, I've always thought of it as wasted space.
  • Many artists and architects have proportioned their works to approximate the golden ratio. A famous example is Pantheon built in Ancient Greece:
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      annott on 29 Jun 19
       
      Being a history teacher for many years and covering the Pantheon in class, I find this fascinating. This is a great example of design proportion.
  • Effective web design and art are not the same.
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      annott on 29 Jun 19
       
      Excellent point.
  • Web users are impatient and insist on instant gratification.
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      annott on 29 Jun 19
       
      This is very true and will be helpful to keep in my when planning my own online course.
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dol-2019: Lesson Planning: The Missing Link in e-Learning Course Design - 2 views

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  • struggle with designing effective and engaging e-Learning courses
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      annott on 18 Jun 19
       
      This was an aha moment for me. It's good to know that first attempts will have many failures, but that is also true in the traditional classroom lesson design.
  • The IDP contains a variety of information, such as the purpose of the course, its proposed length, a description of the audience(s), the instructional strategies to be used, and an outline of the content. An IDP may also include information about the technical requirements — both software and hardware — for taking the course. No matter how rapid the instructional design process, there must be agreement and signoff on what needs to be developed and how the ID will develop it for the target audience(s).
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      annott on 18 Jun 19
       
      I like the idea of having all of this information in one spot.
  • this would be a standard
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      annott on 18 Jun 19
       
      Since our district is moving toward standards based learning, this is a great way to connect them to a lesson.
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  • Detailed lesson plans help to ensure that there is adequate instruction — practice and feedback — for each learning objective.
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      annott on 18 Jun 19
       
      I'm finding that there should be a great deal of detail when designing an online course, but once its done, it should be easy to edit/change for the next year.
  • n the Faceto-Face lesson, the instructor displays a slide containing the learning objectives and reads them aloud to the participants. The e-Lesson displays a screen that lists the learning objectives. However, the lesson plan does not list the objectives themselves.
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      annott on 18 Jun 19
       
      This is a great example of the difference between traditional and e-learning.
  • Gain attention Inform learner of objectives Stimulate recall of prior learning Present stimulus materials Provide learner guidance Elicit performance Provide feedback Assess performance Enhance retention and transfer
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      annott on 18 Jun 19
       
      These steps seem clean and clear.
  • The trick, as always, is to modify the templates to suit your own workforce and workplace.
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      annott on 18 Jun 19
       
      Excellent point.
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Implementation in a Secondary Classroom (Articles) - 0 views

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  • Here’s a list of choices. Choose one. As long as you follow the steps in my rubric, you’re fine.’”
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      annott on 30 Apr 19
       
      I would agree that giving options is much better for student learning. When they are part of the planning and designing it natural makes it more engaging.
  • As a result, instead of lecturing to students and showing them a PowerPoint during classtime, I give them screencasts or videos to watch at home.
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      annott on 30 Apr 19
       
      We have to let go of the idea that every student must watch every minute of our videos. Good point that they can fast forward, that does make it adaptive.
  • Just three short years ago, my AP students would each have produced their own 10-page research paper. This year, they will select social justice issues that they will research with a team. Each team will collaborate to create a presentation for the board of a philanthropic organization in competition for a hypothetical grant that will be awarded to the program or event most likely to deliver real change. I will bring in administrators and community members to serve as the “board” and choose a winner.  The students won’t get a real grant, but they will receive public recognition for the winning project.
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      annott on 30 Apr 19
       
      I love this idea, what a great way to get higher order thinking along with collaboration, and an authentic audience.
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Physical Environment Considerations, con't - 2 views

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      annott on 28 Apr 19
       
      Wouldn't it nice if we had funding to change our classrooms. But physical environment does make a difference.
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      annott on 28 Apr 19
       
      I'm not sure I to the point of allowing high school students to socialize whenever they want.
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      annott on 28 Apr 19
       
      I am surprised that the LMS systems is more for traditional learning, rather then personalized.
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      annott on 28 Apr 19
       
      The adaptive learning environment is really overwhelming to think about in the traditional classroom setting. For instance I have 170 students in a day, I can't imagine how I could adapt leaning for all of them.
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"Personalized" vs. "Personal" Learning - 5 views

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  • “We often say we want creativity and innovation – personalization – but every mechanism we use to measure it is through control and compliance,”
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      annott on 28 Apr 19
       
      This is a very good point.
  • Our kids (and we ourselves) are suddenly walking around with access to the sum of human knowledge in our pockets and connections to literally millions of potential teachers
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      annott on 28 Apr 19
       
      That is a huge change since I started teaching 26 years ago, and we still had some typewriters in the building, and maybe 3 computers.
  • content knowledge that, as we know from experience, never gets applied in real life.
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      annott on 28 Apr 19
       
      I have struggled with this many times. Will they ever use this again?
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Article(s): Self- and Peer-Assessment Online - 0 views

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  • Students can become better language learners when they engage in deliberate thought about what they are learning and how they are learning it.
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      annott on 23 Apr 19
       
      When I first started teaching, I would have laughed at anyone who said this. But I have evolved, and now embrace this concept.
  • Portfolio assessment emphasizes evaluation of students' progress, processes, and performance over time.
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      annott on 23 Apr 19
       
      For the last few years, I have had students create their own websites, and post all of our projects on them. Its a great way to showcase their learning.
  • peer pressure to apply elevated grades or friendships may influence the assessment,
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      annott on 23 Apr 19
       
      Students do want to "fit" in. So sometimes grades are inflated.
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  • The concept of peer review, which leaves for the most part the instructor out of the equation,
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      annott on 23 Apr 19
       
      I have become to believe that the students should be driving their learning.
  • assign a team grade, but not to use peer evaluations. 
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      annott on 23 Apr 19
       
      I have totally moved away from Team grades, as there just doesn't seem to be a fair way of assessing them as a team.
  • When they self-assessed, these students reported that they checked their work, revised it, and reflected on it more generally
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      annott on 23 Apr 19
       
      Another good reason to take the time to teach students how to self assess.
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ollie-afe-2019: Building a Better Mousetrap - 1 views

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  • rubrics should be non-judgmental:
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      annott on 06 Apr 19
       
      I have a hard time keeping judgement out of rubrics.
  • rubrics are now used similarly by post-secondary educators in all disciplines to assess outcomes in learning situations
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      annott on 06 Apr 19
       
      As we are to assess the pros and cons of rubrics, I would say this is a con to using them. We need colleges to get on board and use them as well, and some are switching over.
  • solving real problems and using statistical reasoning
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      annott on 06 Apr 19
       
      Rubrics are better at assessing real problems and statistical reasoning.
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  • student thinking and not just student knowledge
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      annott on 06 Apr 19
       
      Rubrics are better at assessing student thinking.
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      annott on 06 Apr 19
       
      I do feel that rubrics are more closely connected with real life situations. In the workforce, you will not be given a grade. Instead, they will evaluate your performance.
  • when rubrics are published in the classroom, students striving to achieve the descriptions at the higher end of the scale in effect guide their own learning.
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      annott on 06 Apr 19
       
      This is what we should all be striving for.
  • as long as each point on the scale is well-defined.
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      annott on 06 Apr 19
       
      When looking at standards based learning it is encouraged to have the same scale number for each department. And sometimes there is disagreement between a 3 pt scale or a 4 point scale.
  • modify or combine existing rubrics; re-word parts of the rubric; drop or change one or more scales of an analytical rubric; omit criteria that are not relevant to the outcome you are measuring; mix and match scales from different rubrics; change the rubric of use at a different grade; add a “no-response” category at the bottom of the scale; divide a holistic rubric into several scales.
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      annott on 06 Apr 19
       
      I surf the internet quite frequently, and use other rubrics ideas as a starter for mine. And then I adapt it to my objectives.
  • Steps in developing a scoring rubric
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      annott on 06 Apr 19
       
      This could be shared in Professional Learning Communities.
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ollie-afe-2019: Educational Leadership: The Quest for Quality--article - 6 views

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  • Creating a plan like this for each assessment helps assessors sync what they taught with what they're assessing
  • Knowledge targets, which are the facts and concepts we want students to know.
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      annott on 30 Mar 19
       
      As our district moves toward standards based grading, understanding our knowledge targets is naturally happening during this process.
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It's game time -- Why Gamification in eLearning can be Effective - 1 views

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    This explains how playing digital games can help with student comprehension.
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Sample Interactives - SoftChalk - 0 views

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  • annott on 21 Jan 19
     
    This site has 30 different interactive templates and quiz question types.
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ol101-s2019: Iowa Online Course Standards - 6 views

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  • Technologies are chosen that are accessible to students (iN 4.7, QM 6.4)
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      annott on 21 Jan 19
       
      This reminds me that not all students have the same technology. Like colored printers or even the internet at home.
  • The course is evaluated regularly for effectiveness, and the findings are used as a basis for improvement. (iN 5.2, 5.3)
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      annott on 21 Jan 19
       
      Giving consistent feedback has always been an issue in education. Maybe online learning will make that easier.
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ol101-s2019: Iowa Online Teaching Standards - 21 views

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  • Has knowledge of and informs student of their rights to privacy and the conditions under which their work may be shared with others
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      annott on 21 Jan 19
       
      I need to do a better job of going over student rights to privacy, will have to make a note of this when planning online learning.
  • Has knowledge of learning theory appropriate to online learning, which may include (but is not limited to) age and ability level, multiple intelligences, didactic conversation, student developmental influences, constructivism, behaviorism, cognitivism, connectivism, and group theory
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      annott on 21 Jan 19
       
      This makes me wonder how we can assess this part. Knowing where each student is developmentally can be difficult without data.
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