Here is my video presentation on Learner Engagement.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Moving Toward Dynamic Technologies
Mind Map
Module 5 - Blog Posting
Moving Toward Dynamic Technologies
Moving Toward Dynamic Technologies
I currently teach first grade at a charter school. Right now all I have to work with is static technology. I use some online educational websites, but this is far as the dynamic technology goes in my classroom. I do see me moving toward dynamic technology once I’m at a school with more resources and funding. I feel it won’t be a problem for me to implement dynamic technology into the curriculum because I’m familiar with it.
I do use dynamic technology at home and here at Walden. I like the wikis to share information. I remember a time when we had to email the files back and forth to make changes. I use Skype to talk to my roommates from college. We let talk and let our children show their things (awards, toys, clothes, etc…). As far as distance education is concern, I’m in static technology. I won’t say I’m an expert but through my studies I have become very familiar with the most of the current dynamic technology. I know through trial and error I have learned a lot. I plan to use my knowledge of dynamic technology to help my secure another position in my field.
Reference:
Moller, L. (2008). Static and dynamic technological tools. [Unpublished Paper].
Dynamic Communications and the case for speeding adoption of technology in PR Retrieved from www.globalprblogweek.com/.../dynamic_communicatio.php
This blog basically says that dynamic technology is the way to communicate. It tells how companies are using dynamic communication to build credibility and influence action. It allows them to provide updated information and build communities.
I do use dynamic technology at home and here at Walden. I like the wikis to share information. I remember a time when we had to email the files back and forth to make changes. I use Skype to talk to my roommates from college. We let talk and let our children show their things (awards, toys, clothes, etc…). As far as distance education is concern, I’m in static technology. I won’t say I’m an expert but through my studies I have become very familiar with the most of the current dynamic technology. I know through trial and error I have learned a lot. I plan to use my knowledge of dynamic technology to help my secure another position in my field.
Reference:
Moller, L. (2008). Static and dynamic technological tools. [Unpublished Paper].
Dynamic Communications and the case for speeding adoption of technology in PR Retrieved from www.globalprblogweek.com/.../dynamic_communicatio.php
This blog basically says that dynamic technology is the way to communicate. It tells how companies are using dynamic communication to build credibility and influence action. It allows them to provide updated information and build communities.
CLASSMATES MIND MAPS:
I liked Ametha mind map. She use Britanncia website as a static content generation. I think we forget about encyclepedias all together sometimes because of the Internet. I found some encyclepedias at my school and I assigned an animal to each one of my students and had them do a book report using the encyclepedia. If you think about it this is where all the content came from when we originally when we was first introduced to researching.
Ametha Williams http://www.amethawilliamstheblog.blogspot.com/
On Laverne's mind map she had digital games as static. I think this could be in dynamic technoloy especially with all these new PSP's and Nintendo gaming devices. Your able to connect wireless to play, text and take pictures with these devices instantly.
Laverne Martin http://lavernesmusings.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Video Storyboard
Here is my video storyboard. I'm still working on adding video clips. I don't have very much to edit so here is what I have updated.
Engaging Learners with New Strategies and Tools
Module 4 - Blog Post
Engaging Learners with New Strategies and Tools
Strategies and Tools for Engaging Learners
Engaging Learners with New Strategies and Tools
Strategies and Tools for Engaging Learners
The technological tools that are being used outside the classroom to engage learners are things they use everyday. According to Siemens the use of tools and technologies familiar to learners; educators may be able to foster high levels of learner engagement required for effective learning (Siemens, 2008). The following technological tools and strategies can be used in learning environment to maximize learner engagement.
Content must be explicit. A detail syllabus should clearly define the course expectations and assignment guidelines (Durrington, Berryhill, and Swafford, 2006). Podcast and Online videos can provide depth and clarification for courses. Assessment rubrics will provide learners with specific requirements to follow for each assignment.
Communication has created opportunities for students to autonomously, self-direct the learning experience (Siemens, 2008). Communication is essential in any learning environment. Many technologies like Skype, chat rooms and cell phone have provided us with instant synchronous communication. Emails allow us to communicate with individual and groups informally.
Collaboration allows learners to express their opinions and showcase their work. The Wikis and Blogs are common places where learners can create, share, and transfer information/knowledge. These technologies can be access from the Internet and groups can meet for small group assignments and problem-based learning to collaborate.
There are so many new technological tools and strategies available today. As educators when have to decide which tool or strategy is best for our audience. I mean what’s available to all learners and how comfort they are using each of the technologies.
References:
Siemens, G. (2008, January). Learning and knowing in networks: Changing roles for
educators and designers. ITForum.
Durrington, V. A., Berryhill, A., & Swafford, J. (2006). Strategies for enhancing student
interactivity in an online environment. College Teaching, 54(1), 190-193. Use the
Academic Search Premier database, and search using the article's Accession Number:
19754742.
I read a blog about engaging adult learners. It said how you can use Facebook to keep in touch and tutor adult learners. It also mention how you can use mobile technology to keep learners engage. It said that not every one sits in front of the computer all day but everyone has a cell phone. I think these are great ideas to help keep adult engaged in the learning process.
Engaging adult learners http://technologylearnervoice.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/engaging-adult-learners
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Video Storyboard
Here is the first draft of my video storyboard. I will be adding more information and video clips and sound. Take a look and let me know if you have any comments or suggestions.
Assessing Collaborative Efforts
Module 3 – Blog Post
Assessing Collaborative Efforts
Assessment in collaborative learning communities can be challenging. Dr. Siemens suggested several ways you can be assessed in learning communities: peers assessing peers, online communities (list serve), student contributions (wikis), learning management systems (metrics) (Siemens, 2009). Instructors need to keep the following things in mind about assessments: fair and direct, based on stated outcomes and equitable (Siemens, 2009). Instructors also have to consider a students growth throughout the course.
In collaborative groups deadlines and guidelines should be determined in accordance with all group members. The instructor should certainly retain the determination about what to assess, how to assess it, and how to respond to any evaluation material gathered through the reflective material submitted by students (Palloff & Pratt, 2005, p. 44). If a group member doesn’t participate according to guidelines, the group should notify the instructor. Other team members should pick up the slack and complete the assignment as planned. The instructor will handle the non-participating team member according to policy.
I found a blog that said that online learning environment should be structured in five different ways: mentorship, blogs, discussion/list serve, archived knowledge, tutorials (Blanche, 2003). I think this is a good way to narrow your search time down. I feel that having a questionnaire/survey for each member to fill out; is ways to have teams get to know their colleagues and their abilities.
References:
Palloff, M., & Pratt, K. (2005). Collaborating Online: Learning Together in Community. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Siemens, G. (2009). Learning Communities. Retrieved October 9, 2009 from the EDUC-7102-2/EDUC-8842-2 Principles of Distance Education Web site: Retrieved on October 9, 2009 from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=3649021&Survey=1&47=5
Blanche, M.T. (2002) Collaborative Learning Environments. Retrieved on October 9, 2009 from http://collab.blogspot.com/2003_09_14_archive.html#106378130347695811#106378130347695811
Assessing Collaborative Efforts
Assessment in collaborative learning communities can be challenging. Dr. Siemens suggested several ways you can be assessed in learning communities: peers assessing peers, online communities (list serve), student contributions (wikis), learning management systems (metrics) (Siemens, 2009). Instructors need to keep the following things in mind about assessments: fair and direct, based on stated outcomes and equitable (Siemens, 2009). Instructors also have to consider a students growth throughout the course.
In collaborative groups deadlines and guidelines should be determined in accordance with all group members. The instructor should certainly retain the determination about what to assess, how to assess it, and how to respond to any evaluation material gathered through the reflective material submitted by students (Palloff & Pratt, 2005, p. 44). If a group member doesn’t participate according to guidelines, the group should notify the instructor. Other team members should pick up the slack and complete the assignment as planned. The instructor will handle the non-participating team member according to policy.
I found a blog that said that online learning environment should be structured in five different ways: mentorship, blogs, discussion/list serve, archived knowledge, tutorials (Blanche, 2003). I think this is a good way to narrow your search time down. I feel that having a questionnaire/survey for each member to fill out; is ways to have teams get to know their colleagues and their abilities.
References:
Palloff, M., & Pratt, K. (2005). Collaborating Online: Learning Together in Community. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Siemens, G. (2009). Learning Communities. Retrieved October 9, 2009 from the EDUC-7102-2/EDUC-8842-2 Principles of Distance Education Web site: Retrieved on October 9, 2009 from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=3649021&Survey=1&47=5
Blanche, M.T. (2002) Collaborative Learning Environments. Retrieved on October 9, 2009 from http://collab.blogspot.com/2003_09_14_archive.html#106378130347695811#106378130347695811
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Elements of Distance Education Diffusion
Module 2 – Blog
Elements of Distance Education Diffusion
The element of distance education that I feel would have benefited my company is global diversity. I know when I worked in the telecommunications industry my company had several international associations. Our basic form of communication was emails and conference calls. I had the opportunity to work with people from all over the world but in one location. Later I had to train interns from China who came to the US. If distance education and new technologies were available then the interns could have been trained without leaving home. The only set back to this would be the time difference. I really don’t think it would have bothered me at the time. I was doing midnight to 6AM labs.
The online tools that would be helpful for my company today are Skype, YouTube, and Blackboard. The training information could have been setup in Modules like a class for the interns and possibly have video podcasts demonstrating a certain task that were performing. But according to Dr. Siemens even though we see a rapid growth in distance education all learners need to develop a certain comfort level to be successful (Siemens, n.d.).
Reference:
Siemens, G. (n.d.). The future of distance education. Retrieved September 24, 2009, fromhttp://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=3649021&Survey=1&47=5863341&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=1&bhcp=1.
OTHER BLOGS ON GLOBAL DIVERSITY:
(1) I read a blog on global diversity where the President of Roger Williams University has setup a program to offer master’s degree for Turkish leaders. The President saw a need to develop ties with this country for educational reasons. The university also employs many professors from Turkey. The President basically wants to bring the world together through education.
http://president.rwu.edu/blog/?cat=15
(2) The next blog that I read was about global diversity in the workplace and at colleges/universities. The blog explain how being culturally aware and learning proper name etiquette. I feel this is very important, in establishing respect and repour with colleagues, students and coworkers. If you cannot pronounce someone’s name and continue to mispronounce it can be very insulting for some people. Like the blog stated it is always best to ask first if you don’t know how to pronounce the names. I know from experience butchering someone’s can make or break a deal.
http://succeedinamerica.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/the-naming-game-global-diversity-speaker-intelligence/
Elements of Distance Education Diffusion
The element of distance education that I feel would have benefited my company is global diversity. I know when I worked in the telecommunications industry my company had several international associations. Our basic form of communication was emails and conference calls. I had the opportunity to work with people from all over the world but in one location. Later I had to train interns from China who came to the US. If distance education and new technologies were available then the interns could have been trained without leaving home. The only set back to this would be the time difference. I really don’t think it would have bothered me at the time. I was doing midnight to 6AM labs.
The online tools that would be helpful for my company today are Skype, YouTube, and Blackboard. The training information could have been setup in Modules like a class for the interns and possibly have video podcasts demonstrating a certain task that were performing. But according to Dr. Siemens even though we see a rapid growth in distance education all learners need to develop a certain comfort level to be successful (Siemens, n.d.).
Reference:
Siemens, G. (n.d.). The future of distance education. Retrieved September 24, 2009, fromhttp://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=3649021&Survey=1&47=5863341&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=1&bhcp=1.
OTHER BLOGS ON GLOBAL DIVERSITY:
(1) I read a blog on global diversity where the President of Roger Williams University has setup a program to offer master’s degree for Turkish leaders. The President saw a need to develop ties with this country for educational reasons. The university also employs many professors from Turkey. The President basically wants to bring the world together through education.
http://president.rwu.edu/blog/?cat=15
(2) The next blog that I read was about global diversity in the workplace and at colleges/universities. The blog explain how being culturally aware and learning proper name etiquette. I feel this is very important, in establishing respect and repour with colleagues, students and coworkers. If you cannot pronounce someone’s name and continue to mispronounce it can be very insulting for some people. Like the blog stated it is always best to ask first if you don’t know how to pronounce the names. I know from experience butchering someone’s can make or break a deal.
http://succeedinamerica.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/the-naming-game-global-diversity-speaker-intelligence/
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The Next Generation of Distance Education
Module 1 Blog - The Next Generation of Distance Education
The Next Generation of Distance Education is rapidly approaching us. With the convenience of learning from the comfort of your home and the slumping economy; distance education maybe the only option for many people to pursue advance degrees.
Dr. Simonson defines distance education as using technologies to connect for the purpose of teaching and learning is going to grow significantly but not in a revolutionary way. Although distance education is starting to become more wide spread it still will not replace traditional schools. We're going to begin to use distance education technologies almost across the board in the teaching/learning process (K-12 education, higher education, professional education and in the training environment in corporations and businesses) (Simonson, 2009).
Moller, Foshay, and Huett stated that the enthusiasm and demand for e-learning development
far outstrips the available supply of people with the competency to develop it—regardless of whether such competency is gained from an academic program, a commercial workshop, or even gifted intuitive practice. We should legitimately call for more training programs of all types to meet the demand. In the meantime, the shortage of trained people results in e-learning initiatives
built by individuals who lack the expertise to produce effective products (Moller, Foshay, & Huett, 2008).
After reviewing all the resources for this assignment; I do agree with the authors that there is a need to evolve distance education. As stated by Moller, Foshay, and Huett we do need to have efficient instructor to execute these courses. I also feel that distance education will not replace the traditional schools, because as a young college student you want that campus life experience. I think that the only setbacks to the evolution of distance education right now would be economics and lack of qualified personnel.
References:
Simonson, M. (Speaker). (n.d.). Distance Education: The Next Generation. Retrieved September 8, 2009 from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=3649021&Survey=1&47=5847717&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=1&bhcp=1
Moller, L., Foshay, W., & Huett, J. (2008). The evolution of distance education:Implication for instructional design on the potential of the web (Part 1-3). TechTrends, Vol. 52 Issue 3 p70-75, p6. Retrieved September 20, 2009 from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/ehost/pdf?vid=4&hid=107&sid=46886755-1180-4493-9f53-565f8c1e39ac%40replicon103
The Next Generation of Distance Education is rapidly approaching us. With the convenience of learning from the comfort of your home and the slumping economy; distance education maybe the only option for many people to pursue advance degrees.
Dr. Simonson defines distance education as using technologies to connect for the purpose of teaching and learning is going to grow significantly but not in a revolutionary way. Although distance education is starting to become more wide spread it still will not replace traditional schools. We're going to begin to use distance education technologies almost across the board in the teaching/learning process (K-12 education, higher education, professional education and in the training environment in corporations and businesses) (Simonson, 2009).
Moller, Foshay, and Huett stated that the enthusiasm and demand for e-learning development
far outstrips the available supply of people with the competency to develop it—regardless of whether such competency is gained from an academic program, a commercial workshop, or even gifted intuitive practice. We should legitimately call for more training programs of all types to meet the demand. In the meantime, the shortage of trained people results in e-learning initiatives
built by individuals who lack the expertise to produce effective products (Moller, Foshay, & Huett, 2008).
After reviewing all the resources for this assignment; I do agree with the authors that there is a need to evolve distance education. As stated by Moller, Foshay, and Huett we do need to have efficient instructor to execute these courses. I also feel that distance education will not replace the traditional schools, because as a young college student you want that campus life experience. I think that the only setbacks to the evolution of distance education right now would be economics and lack of qualified personnel.
References:
Simonson, M. (Speaker). (n.d.). Distance Education: The Next Generation. Retrieved September 8, 2009 from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=3649021&Survey=1&47=5847717&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=1&bhcp=1
Moller, L., Foshay, W., & Huett, J. (2008). The evolution of distance education:Implication for instructional design on the potential of the web (Part 1-3). TechTrends, Vol. 52 Issue 3 p70-75, p6. Retrieved September 20, 2009 from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/ehost/pdf?vid=4&hid=107&sid=46886755-1180-4493-9f53-565f8c1e39ac%40replicon103
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