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Talk:Autism in the General Education Setting

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Peer Evaluation: Unit 1-Kendyl Smeatin -- Kendyl Smeatin (talk) 11:50, 22 April 2013 (EDT)

Hi Heather!

You have lots of GREAT information in your first unit! Here is a list of the things I enjoyed about it:

- Your objectives are achievable and listed

- Your prerequisites are listed

- I REALLY enjoyed your take on the assessment part of this unit with the users taking an initial quiz and then retaking it after the unit. It allows the learners to physically see how their learning has improved!

- Your information is from reliable sources and listed

- Your information is organized and is easy to navigate in the powerpoint - I enjoyed how you included the youtube video and how you used it as an authentic learning activity where the learner has to put their new acquired knowledge to use

- I like how after the learner watches the movie, that you have answers listed so the user can compare their findings to yours

- Great visuals to keep the eye interested

- Great use of charts and tables to organize information

- Your objectives and activities seem to be sequenced in a way that is effective for the learner


Here is a list of things you may want to consider:

- There is A LOT of reading in your powerpoint. Although it's GREAT information, if there's anyway you could condense it, it would make it more readable for the learner

- At the end of your unit you state that the learner has to recall the 3 specific areas of ASD... but then the answer is right underneath it. Maybe if you gave the learner the chance to recall it themselves without having the answers right there, it may be a more useful element in your unit

- What if the learner does NOT improve on the quiz after taking the first unit? You may want to suggest those learners to retake the unit so they are further prepared for to continue on to further units


  • These are just suggestions :) Overall, I think you have a lot of great information that would really help educators learn more in-depth about Autism. I am defiantly more informed about Autism and learned a few things I didn't necessarily know before. That speaks for itself! Great work!

-Kendyl Smeatin

Re: Peer Evaluation: Unit 1-Kendyl Smeatin -- Heather Kurto (talk) 19:41, 22 April 2013 (EDT)

Thank you so much for your response and review. I agree with all of the suggestions you made. I knew that including the DSM-IV materials made it to wordy. I will look at modifying that section without loosing the integrity of the document. I also agree with the slide being shown with the answer at the end. I wasn't sure if you could animate it on the wiki so it could pop up when you clicked on an area. That would be neat. I appreciate your feedback and will incorporate your suggestions into this unit.

-Heather

Great bones to your first unit! -- Gia Campanella Schneider (talk) 22:43, 27 April 2013 (EDT) -- Gia Campanella Schneider (talk) 22:43, 27 April 2013 (EDT)

Hi, Heather!


I really enjoyed going through your first unit. I can see exactly what you're going for and I like the ideas! :)


Here is what I really loved:


  • Your varied use of media! The quiz, the videos, the outside-of-wiki ppt...
  • I like the types of pictures you used on the page
  • I like your use of clear unit objectives and your other easy to follow directives


My suggestions for revisions:


  • I think a cool solution for getting around revealing the answers to your questions could be to create a new page just for the answer with a link directly back the the unit.
  • Like Kendyl said, the ppt is kinda wordy. Maybe creating a voicethread or using a prezi would help it to be more engaging to the learner...


Great job so far! I look forward to reviewing your finished product. :)

Thanks so much for your feedback on my course.

I wish you all the best in finishing the semester strong!

Gia

Re: Great bones to your first unit! -- Gia Campanella Schneider (talk) 22:43, 27 April 2013 (EDT) -- Heather Kurto (talk) 22:11, 1 May 2013 (EDT)

Gia, Great idea with the voicethread or prezi. I have never used them before, but I think I will give it a shot! I so appreciate the feedback. Much luck to you too! Heather

Instructor feedback on your draft unit -- Jianwei Zhang (talk) 22:27, 2 May 2013 (EDT)

Yes, your unit 1 is very informative and helpful. TO further refine your course,

1) you need to add a course intro/overview before starting the units

2) you may consider refining the flow of learning in unit 1 by moving the video case upfront, so the learner will think about this case when reading the material. For each vide and reading material, give a brief highlight of the key points to guide the learner's attention. In the end of the unit, you may guide the learner to reflect on the key points learned in connection to the following unit.

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