It's not entirely clear to me if the "Module Interaction Worksheet" is to be completed separately or is to be used to inform the refinement / revision of the "Detailed Module / Course Schedule". I've chosen to do the later because I found it more useful. I've also included the course expectations doc and the weekly schedule. All very useful. The module interaction worksheet forced me to make a detailed review of how the various interactions that I hope to include would be tied directly to the course objectives and specific in-class activities. The basic premise in my design was to take what is a highly unusual course - essentially condensing a regular 15 week course into 7 weeks. I've looked at Blended learning as a way to extend the classroom time, to increase the level of interaction students have with course concepts, and thus hopefully improve their chances of success. However, I confess that it would certainly be a demanding course and only those students who attended to all of these assignments would benefit from it.
Background
Will target my current POTB COL 140 course at Zayed University for blended learning.
POTB attempts to take the current regular COL 140 - English Composition 1 Course that is given over a regular 15 week period and to compress it into 7 weeks. This puts significant pressure on students (and me the instructor) to cover the same material / syllabus but over a much shortened time frame. The use of blended learning strategies may permit students to engage with course concepts more frequently, in a manner that is more engaging, and at a time and place more convenient to them (outside of class).
Interactive strategies (tools) that I am likely to use
- interactive video + reading comprehension, sentence writing (Edpuzzle)
- synchronous paragraph writing (Padlet, etherpad)
- synchronous sentence writing (Today's Meet)
- class review (Kahoot)
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Plan for completing Week 2 - DIY
- read Week 2 - DIY assignments
- review reading
- review my notes
- review examples
- complete Week 1 - DIY assignments
read Week 2 - DIY assignments
- Creating Course Document Drafts: Schedule, Syllabus, and Protocols: Instructions, examples, and templates [pdf file; size=144kb]
Draft these course documents with an eye toward how interaction will take place throughout your course. Within the instructions are example course documents and links to blank templates for creating your own pre-web course documents. - Module Interaction Worksheet: [Word doc; size=33kb]
While the course documents above will reflect your intentions for interaction in general, this worksheet will allow you to think through the interactions in one module (e.g., one week). You may continue the process for as many modules/weeks as you like.
Discovery
The use of
review reading
- Instructions, examples, and templates [pdf file; size=144kb]
- Module Interaction Worksheet: [Word doc; size=33kb]
- Sample - portfolio
- Schedule / Outline
- Detailed Module / Course Schedule
- Syllabus
- Protocols / Expectations
- Module Interaction
