Talk:Deborah Byrne
Instructor comments on your project -- Jz833665 21:04, 4 March 2012 (EST)
Deborah,
I really like the focus you've chosen for this design project and the needs analysis you've carried out to justify this focus. A few suggestions:
- Think about the pedagogical model that you will mainly focus on. Primary sources can be used to both enrich traditional teaching (e.g. lecturing) and to support inquiry-based, discussion-based learning. The value to support the latter would be more significant.
- Please add performance-based objectives, which should be more specific that the outcomes you laid out in the beginning of your page.
Re: Instructor comments on your project -- Deborah Byrne 20:03, 8 March 2012 (EST)
Thank you. I've updated my course objectives, and I will create a paragraph describing the course/intended audience. Yes, I agree, pedagogically this is an absolutely inquiry-based course, as the learner (using the analysis modeled) can follow their curiosity and discover new insights. The learner will also be actively engaged, retrieving previous knowledlge, reflecting, investigating, synthesizing, and creating new understanding. The graphic organizer and the analysis process really embeds inquiry into the activity. I will recommend the WISE inquiry model, created by the Capital Region BOCES School Library division. I currently use the WISE model in the Library Media and the Gifted & Talented programs that I teach.
Instructor comments on your objectives -- Jz833665 11:39, 22 March 2012 (EDT)
Your refinement of the objectives has worked out well. A minor issue: in two of your objectives you used the verb "observe". I suggest that you replace it with a verb that points to more explicit operation/action: e.g. describe the process, explain how...
Please work out your task analysis and ICM soon, so you will have a clear organization for the whole mini-course.
Instructor comments on your ICM -- Jz833665 21:04, 26 April 2012 (EDT)
Hi Deborah,
Your ICM is clear and helpful, with units and their objectives clearly identified. My only concern is that your units/objectives focus only on what primary sources are and how to find and investigate them. I think you should integrate an educational focus, to help the participant understand how to use primary sources to support inquiry-based, authentic learning. Would you agree?
Please work out your units soon!
Unit -- Mercedes Kraszewski 21:06, 27 April 2012 (EDT)
Deborah, I can't find your Unit 1. Thanks, Mercedes