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My list for a quality eLearning experience.
As a “mature” student and “digital immigrant”, here is a short list of the things that I personally found the most helpful when taking an online course.
1. The prerequisite technical skills that will be required to complete the e learning program are communicated to the potential student before sign up.
2. A clear and current coarse syllabus with a comprehensive check list and instructions for the various projects that clearly define the teachers expectations and the students responsibilities.
3. Fast, frequent and effective support is available to learners that are struggling with the course concepts, goals, or required technologies.
4. Assessment standards must be clearly articulated so that students understand how, when, and where they will be graded.
5. Establishing an online community that promotes active learning and group support through such things as course forums, chat rooms or Wikis.
6. Learning management system software that is not overly complex, and is easy to use for both students and teachers .
EDUC 4150 ePortfolios
An ePortifolio is a collection of digitized artifacts, and its purpose is to help learners develop a progressive, visual representation that comprehensively documents their personal growth and professional development over a set period of time. It is compiled by the student, rather than the teacher, and can include text, graphics, audio, or video. Because it is a self directed exercise that is constantly changing and expanding, learners become stake holders in monitoring their own progress. An ePortifolio allows them to support their own learning by being able to collect and use feedback from teachers assessments to critically reflect on their performance and /or achievements. This leads to students taking more responsibility for what and how they learn, which builds self efficacy, and increases motivation.
I think an ePortfolio would be a great idea for my class. I teach automotive mechanics, and am always looking for ways to encourage my students to be self directed, life long learners. (This is a critical skill considering the speed at which technologies in the automotive industry are changing, and the necessity of being able to keep your skills up to date.). I really like the idea of students keeping a record of not only what they learned, and how they did, but also why they are personally pursuing a particular skill . By asking them to write down why they are learning something is great way to personalize their learning experience, and to get them to take responsibility and to reflect on their own career development. I also think an ePortifolio be a valuable resource for review at the end of the year, especially if the students have added their own learning aids, like videos or links to relevant information on Google or YouTube etc.
I have always kept careful notes of any problems I encountered in the class during the school year, and what did, or didn’t work in the shop. An ePortifolio would formalize the whole process, and allow me to be much more organized in my ability to remember details, and to self assess my teaching methods in certain situations. I would definitely like to film myself teaching more often, and to download these videos in my ePortifolio as artifacts that I could use to critically reflect on my progress and performance as an instructor. It would be very interesting to compare my 1st day of teaching to what I’m doing 4 years later. I think storing copies of student feedback forms would also be a valuable artifact in my ePortifolio. Being able to have an accurate record of my students perspectives in relation to the course material would be a valuable tool in helping me to update and improve my programs’ curriculum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio
https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/resources/integrative-learning/eportfolios
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