Talk:Linda K. Ryder Portfolio

Needs Assessment Feedback -- Dbyrne (talk) 14:54, 12 October 2014 (EDT) -- Dbyrne (talk) 14:54, 12 October 2014 (EDT)

Hi Linda,

I recognize that the needs assessment will be fine-tuned throughout the next few weeks of the project, but you have made excellent progress on your needs assessment so far. Because your project is highly specialized and customized for learners at your particular institution, drawing from internal data and observations is absolutely relevant for your needs assessment - and you do it well. I think you made a strong decision in creating a scaffolded or layered approach to this course so that learners can ultimately choose the level of content. Can they also choose their own pace? In other words, if they successfully complete one module or node, can they come back weeks later to advance their professional knowledge?

I'd like to make a suggestion that might help you in subsequent sections of the project: you might want to consider adding content about the advantages and disadvantages of badge systems and of course, within the advantages, the educational benefits derived from education research.

I'm very interested in seeing this unfold, and I am very curious to see if (and how) you build in student pre-assessment at the beginning of the course. Fascinating things happening here....

Deb

education research for sure -- Lkryder (talk) 15:50, 12 October 2014 (EDT)

Thank you for the detailed feedback

I can see where this is definitely iterative having rethought several pieces already, some of which I discussed in this week's forum. Given that this is a mini-course, I am thinking I need to focus it more, otherwise it could become medusa-like. It was suggested by a classmate in the forum that the "how-to" portion be at the end and I thought it could branch there into a choice between how-to or related resources for engagement. The core of the course was originally to train but now I think it is to show the tool and explain it, and help them think about it in the context of education and gamification literature. So we are on the same page there. I am trying to identify the boundaries of the mini-course now, as I can see some scope creep emerging. The identification of the assessments in alignment to the outcomes, and the reworking of the outcomes is helping with that.

Another round of feedback -- Dbyrne (talk) 16:36, 16 November 2014 (EST)

Hi Linda,

I enjoyed reading through the latest iteration of your design portfolio. Your reflections about your decision-making process provide a great deal of insight, and they also tie together with the reflections and discussions that you were engaged in in the last few modules. As you are making some of your final design decisions, consider the same feedback that I gave the whole class about fine-tuning the learning objectives...it will help you flush our your Tasks and the fantastically organized Gagne chart on your portfolio page. I'm referring to the "ABCD" learning objectives model in the ID text, p.119.

Deb