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pedagogy technology connection -- Jianwei Zhang 20:42, 3 March 2009 (EST)

The work you've done so far is very impressive!

Several issues for you to consider:

How may the pedagogical ideas be more closely connected with MOO? For teachers it is often good to start with pedagogical ideas and practices and then show how the technology can support/better that. In your case, you may highlight the importance/nature of literary understanding, how that can be achieved and fostered, and look at the features and roles of MOO in that context.

You may want to review the following course and see how you can connect to and build on some of the contents, not to duplicate. [1]

You may want to reformulate/refine the goals and objectives based on this week's reading on performance objectives.

Re. objectives -- Jianwei Zhang 13:38, 28 March 2009 (EDT)

Your course-level objectives include

1. Teachers will recognize pedagogical benefits and will apply their newly acquired skills in their classrooms.
2. Students will become more curious in their writing and literature studies, and will explore the worlds and roles of characters with an interest that will encourage life long learning.
3. Best practice will encourage group work as well as independent, self-regulating learners, and metacognitive development/higher order thinking.

First, your target learner in this course will be teachers. So I don't understand why you said "students will..."

You need to re-work on these objectives in line with what we have read (e.g., performance objectives). For example, "will apply their newly acquired skills in their classrooms." What are the skills to be acquired? You objective statement needs to answer this question specifically.

Similarly, you need to elaborate/define the following big terms: encourage life long learning, self-regulating learners, and metacognitive development/higher order thinking.

You are yet to work on your prerequisites and ICM.