Talk:Melissa's Portfolio Page

Instructor comments on your needs assessment and objectives -- Jz833665 12:14, 17 October 2010 (EDT)

A nice start of a project that focuses on an important topic!

Two suggestions:

1. you may want to highlight pedagogical principles that guide Web 2.0 use, such participatory, collaborative, open learning... so that your course can go beyond tech intro.
2. I worry about your workload as you are addressing many tools. Think about dropping off your first topic (e.g. blackboard).

Re: Instructor comments on your needs assessment and objectives -- Melissa Pietricola 20:51, 20 October 2010 (EDT)

I've cut back a few things within a few of the modules. I hesitated to eliminate blackboard because I plan to use this as a method for submitting work and discussing the assignments. I hope this is more manageable.

Instructor comments on your ICM -- Jz833665 16:09, 9 November 2010 (EST)

Melissa-

Your task analysis and ICM are really well done! Nice work.

Your last module could be further refined

The objectives currently state:

   * Keeping in mind their given content, participant will generate lessons that enhance the delivery of information using the tools we have learned and share them with colleagues. 
    * (E) understand how to use the Discussion Forum section of Blackboard, 
       are able to attach files in an online interface like email
    * (S) have participated in an online discussion previously

My sense is that this unit will integrate and transfer what the participants have learned about various web 2.0 tools into productive pedagogical use. So the pedagogical side would be the key. So you may think about how this unit will help teachers understand principles and strategies of teaching, such as using web 2.0 tools to engage students' collaborative inquiry as a learning community (see the readings of the most recent two weeks). "understand how to use the Discussion Forum section of Blackboard" should be a part of your module 1.

In your ICM, you may number your two Module 3 boxes as 3A and 3B, to avoid confusion.

Again, nice work!

Instructor comments on your draft unit -- Jz833665 10:23, 29 November 2010 (EST)

Hi Melissa, I know you're still working on your draft unit. Below is one of the suggestions I gave to Chris Compson re. his collaborative writing course. I think it will be helpful for you too as your refine your way to provide readings. You may read my other suggestions Chris too. Talk:Collaborative_Writing_-_When_and_Why

"Refine progressive chains within each unit to facilitate understanding: It is fine and helpful to cite and use external resources such as articles to read. You need to make clearer what progressive issues you're addressing in a unit (e.g. for unit 1: why collaboration, what forms of co-writing, what benefits in classroom, when...), specify one or two readings to address each issue (instead of having the learner browse a whole issue of a journal); and create an overview / summary in for lengthy readings to facilitate their understanding. Doing so will help elaborate and refine the progressive learning path within each unit and increase interactivity."