Talk:Carmita's Portfolio Page

Instructor comments on your project -- Jz833665 14:04, 5 April 2012 (EDT)

Carmita,

The focus you've identified is important for educators of today, and I'm pleased to see the direction you've taken to narrow down to the use of pathfinder to find/expand resource to support authentic learning. A few suggestions:

Add a section in your portfolio about learner analysis: who is your target learner/participant? e.g. college instructors or k-12 teachers, or both? I guess the participants will be instructors who are interested to integrate authentic inquiry activities in teaching, who will have such need to find and integrate pathfinder.
As we communicated, you will cover technical issues of pathfinder but with a strong focus on the pedagogy side: how can it be used to support authentic learning. Work out the course-level objectives accordingly.

Re: Instructor comments on your project -- Carmita sanchez-fong 15:22, 5 April 2012 (EDT)

Many thanks.

Yes, I will be covering technical issues on the lite side. The assumption will be that people who will be using this pathfinder will know how to do research; however, the intend is to have a strong focus on pedagogy.

Many Thanks,

Carmita

Re: Instructor comments on your project -- Carmita sanchez-fong 15:48, 5 April 2012 (EDT)

Learner Analysis has been added. Thanks again.

Instructor comments on your objectives and task analysis -- Jz833665 20:37, 9 April 2012 (EDT)

Carmita,

I read your objectives and task analysis, and it seem that you're attempting to address a lot of objectives

Understand the impact of authentic learningface-to-face, blended, and e-learning
Understand the impact of clearly defined learning goals that promote the success in learning
Understand the importance of well-designed scaffolds that support quality reasoning and learning
Understand the importance of ongoing assessment for revealing the benefits of inquiry approaches
Learners will understand Information Literacy as the basis for acquiring knowledge in a manner that is responsible, ethical, and legal.

Each of the above represents an important concept/skill, and I worry that you're covering too much given the limited time for this design project. You should consider treating one or two as your primary, which may connect to the rest. Also, consider finding more specific terms to describe each objective.

Re: Instructor comments on your objectives and task analysis -- Carmita sanchez-fong 01:20, 12 April 2012 (EDT)

Thank you for keeping an eye on me. I was worried also and will definitely shorten the list once I have completed some additional research. I have also started the pathfinder instructions and will appreciate your input.

Many thanks,

Carmita

Instructor comments on your draft units -- Jz833665 17:02, 28 April 2012 (EDT)

Carmita, I read your course front page and unit 1 ( and I know that you're slightly changing your focus for the rest of the units). The topic and content looks really useful. I'd suggest that you further refine your course through:

Better stimulating student interest, motivation and engagement: This can be done by modifying your opening section in your course intro page, to make it brief but catching. You may want to highlight the challenge to keep up with new progress in the disciplines of teaching; the availability of vast information and the need to make critical analysis. Then, define pathfinder and how it addresses these need. So this course will help educators... It is not a good idea to read a whole paper (e.g. 21st century learning) in the beginning before they decide to go through your units. You may similarly think about how to make your each unit concise and engaging.
Streamlining your focus and material: don't spread out two much (21st century skills, information literacy... each is a broad topic); instead, focus on the need of information gathering and critical analysis and showing how pathfinder help to address this need;
For each long paper/doc you want the participants to read, provide background information and highlight its points, so the reader will have a purpose.

Re: Instructor comments on your draft units -- Carmita sanchez-fong 19:41, 7 May 2012 (EDT)

Thank you. Will do.