I have been trying to go through the designing phase and from reading the material JP gave us up on Webstudies, I tried to summarise in my own thinking what one should look at during this process;
1. Designing assessments: For those in institutions, I think we need to think of designing assessments. you know assessment drives learning. In my project of e-reflection, people have advised that students should be at least assessed for their daily reflections. But I think in designing this, we have to link it to the learning outcomes, learning environment and context.
2. Designing the format of the e-project. Here we need to look at how he whole e-learning intervention will be put together ready for delivery to the target audience. I think this is where real work is. We need to design a delivery system and medium by which the intervention will be presented to the target group. Like JP said, this is where we probably need feedback from some people to guide our ideas. I have co-opted about five students and two teachers to assist me in this. The idea is to get them give me feedback on how I should proceed with this.
3. Designing delivery strategies: Well here am looking at availability of computers, internet, student and teacher training etc. This is a whole lot of activities which we are still thinking through.
The struggle continues.
Mubuuke
1. Designing assessments: For those in institutions, I think we need to think of designing assessments. you know assessment drives learning. In my project of e-reflection, people have advised that students should be at least assessed for their daily reflections. But I think in designing this, we have to link it to the learning outcomes, learning environment and context.
2. Designing the format of the e-project. Here we need to look at how he whole e-learning intervention will be put together ready for delivery to the target audience. I think this is where real work is. We need to design a delivery system and medium by which the intervention will be presented to the target group. Like JP said, this is where we probably need feedback from some people to guide our ideas. I have co-opted about five students and two teachers to assist me in this. The idea is to get them give me feedback on how I should proceed with this.
3. Designing delivery strategies: Well here am looking at availability of computers, internet, student and teacher training etc. This is a whole lot of activities which we are still thinking through.
The struggle continues.
Mubuuke
Mubuuke
ReplyDeleteYour view is a clear surround of what e-learning - and all teaching, for that matter - should answer to: 'Why are you doing this?'; 'Who is it for?', which will guide the 'What do I need to incorporate?' and 'How am I going to do it?'. The problem is that the target audience often ends up - and remains in - a secondary position in many planning processes, and then we don't understand why we struggle to strike a bull's eye.
Feedback is very valuable - I find that students often have their fingers on the problems and issues in a very relevant way. I would like to know how you go about to get this feedback.
Elna
Hi Mubuuke,
ReplyDeleteI think point 3 - designing delivery strategies and determining your resources will have the biggest influence on point 1 and 2. If you want to design an opportunity for students to DAILY reflect and they don't have DAILY access to computers and the internet it will not strike the bull's eye as Elna put it. You will have to go about it meeting each other halfway - to accommodate students in terms of their full programs but they should also need to put in effort to do these reflections.
Still all in all, it is part of the exit-level outcomes, "producing" self-reflecting, life-long learning students. Looking forward to seeing your project launch!