Talk:MaryBeth Cardone
Needs Assessment feedback -- Dbyrne (talk) 19:15, 11 October 2014 (EDT)
Hi MaryBeth,
You've made some very good progress on the needs assessment, and created a strong survey that has provided some really interesting information! I wonder if you plan to use the feedback from the survey in order to form and shape the topics within your mini-course? You might also want to consider some external sources on peer evaluation too. It would be very helpful for your needs assessment (and would also provide fodder for your learning outcomes) and I think it will also help you generate content for the mini-course.
One last comment...or a question in this case. Is your intended audience k-12 educators or college-level? The reason that I ask is because peer evaluation will look different at different developmental levels...so you might want to be kind to yourself and fine-tune your focus here. :)
I'm looking forward to seeing the next steps...!
Deb
Learning Objectives and other feedback -- Dbyrne (talk) 18:55, 29 October 2014 (EDT)
Hi,
Based upon your discussions in the past two modules, I'm interested to see how you implement digital media as a scaffold in your course, in your curriculum map. Will your learners go through the same self-assessment exercise as their learners will, as a modeling activity? I thought I saw that in your discussion post, but you might have changed your mind since then.
I think you chose a solid assessment for this type of asynchronous mini-course by asking the learners to demonstrate understanding through the concrete and correct application of concepts in a lesson plan.
Looking at your objectives, I think you are on the right path, but they should follow the "ABCD" approach found in the ID text. Following that structure for your objectives will help you work out all of the elements that will be represented in some way in the mini-course. Trust me on this. :)
You'll be surprised at how just this exercise helps you make so many decisions and gets the pieces falling into place! I'm going to be announcing this to the whole class as well.
One other thought on the objectives is that 1 & 2 sound similar to me.....but are they supposed to be for different activities?
Finally, I wanted to propose an idea that is to you in the flow of your course. What do you think about including content/activities that are geared toward implementing a cultural shift in the classroom for peer evaluation...?
Can't wait to start peeking at the course!
Deb