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OLTD Program Outcome Addressed
This evidence piece relates to a seminar that I assisted with over the course of a week in OLTD503. My partners and I created an online community in Edmodo and provided a number of learning opportunities for students to engage in a variety of tasks such as Twitter, gamification and online communities.
Running a seminar was an excellent experience in managing an online community and ensuring that the learners present were indeed learning. I am pleased with the experience because it allowed me to put into practice the work from previous courses around designing intentional learning experiences and ensuring that the strategies I selected were indeed the correct ones for the expected outcome. Much of what I created was based on the constructivist theory in that students were expected to engage with an activity with some, but not overly detailed, instructions, because the overall goal was to have them learn from the experience they participate in. We were very successful in the seminar and the feedback from both the students and the instructor was very positive. If anything were to change it would have been ensuring that the number of posts and the different location for those posts was reduced in order to ensure that the instructors were able to keep up.
Having to create and execute a seminar was a valuable experience because it is, essentially, what online teachers do on a daily basis. While I tend to be more of a blended teacher, the digital and online side of my experience was enhanced through this experience. I will continue to develop these skills throughout my time in the OLTD program as well as in my own classroom through the use of blended experiences and a variety of online tools.
- Plan learning opportunities most suitable to the strengths and challenges of a variety of environments
- Develop and design intentional learning activities suitable for the appropriate environment and the learner
- Select strategies and resources appropriate for environment, learners and learning outcomes
- Design inclusive learning environments
- Engage in mentoring and coaching with educational partners
- Undertake engagement with environments through online facilitation for effective learning
This evidence piece relates to a seminar that I assisted with over the course of a week in OLTD503. My partners and I created an online community in Edmodo and provided a number of learning opportunities for students to engage in a variety of tasks such as Twitter, gamification and online communities.
Running a seminar was an excellent experience in managing an online community and ensuring that the learners present were indeed learning. I am pleased with the experience because it allowed me to put into practice the work from previous courses around designing intentional learning experiences and ensuring that the strategies I selected were indeed the correct ones for the expected outcome. Much of what I created was based on the constructivist theory in that students were expected to engage with an activity with some, but not overly detailed, instructions, because the overall goal was to have them learn from the experience they participate in. We were very successful in the seminar and the feedback from both the students and the instructor was very positive. If anything were to change it would have been ensuring that the number of posts and the different location for those posts was reduced in order to ensure that the instructors were able to keep up.
Having to create and execute a seminar was a valuable experience because it is, essentially, what online teachers do on a daily basis. While I tend to be more of a blended teacher, the digital and online side of my experience was enhanced through this experience. I will continue to develop these skills throughout my time in the OLTD program as well as in my own classroom through the use of blended experiences and a variety of online tools.