iowa communities of practice - points for common understanding
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given to IA Community of Practice workshop 4/27/11. Gives a mental model for common understanding to 4 questions: 1) What is Moodle, 2) What is Blended Learning, 3) How will I use my course, and 4) How do I continue my personal learning? Uses content from Tomaz Lasic (att-nc-by)Be sure to download for notesTRANSCRIPT
Communities of Practice
Points for Common Understanding
What is
Gradebook
Blog
Wiki
Glossary
Announcement
Forum
Database
Quiz
Calendar
Lesson
RSS Feed
as a platformthat comes with a great set of bricks.
Imagine
Ever seen
orplaye
dwith
?
On this platform, we can have different foundations (called courses).
This is where we put our bricks on (activities, resources, modules, plugins, blocks, filters).
Let’s imagine we can do four basic things with four basic colour bricks
Communicate
Store
Evaluate Collaborate
FoldersFiles
Links
Webpage
LMS package
Database
Labels
Portfolio*
We can store…
Messaging
We can communicate through…
Forums
CalendarDialogue
RSS
Chatroom
Workshop
We can collaborate through…
Database
Blog Glossary
Wiki
Lesson
ForumSocial network*
Survey
Assignment
Gradebook
Choice
Quiz
Scales
Grade
Ratings
We can evaluate
with…
We can have as many basic bricks as we want.
But we can get many other, compatible bricks too.
Podcast
ELGG
MaharaCertificate
Polls
Timers
Games
Widgets
Calculators
these plus nearly 400 other compatible modules, plugins, blocks, filters, activities…
Google Apps
Individual Learning Plan
LAMS
OpenMeetings
Translate
HotPotatoes
We can arrange the bricks that fit in any way that suits our educational and/or business purpose.
•Provides common interface for sharing•Uses the full variety of tools•Has flexible plugins•Is supported by the AEAs
What is Blended Learning?
Blended Learning: Spectrum of DefinitionsFa
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o-Fa
ce
Onl
ine
Place to Access Files & Links
Digital Dropbox
Self-Guided Lessons
Practice Exercises
Flip ThinkingModel
“Traditional” Model
Constructivist Model
Enrichment
ClassroomDiscussionBoard
ConnectivistModel
(Pause)Discuss: What makes sense to your group now? What questions do you still have?
How are we supposed to useour courses?
What are our next steps
for personal learning?
Foundational Courses
Mentoring
Community of Practice
• Intro to the Online Learner
• Technology for Online Instruction
• Instructional Design
• Facilitation
• Assessment, Feedback & Evaluation
