Talk:Metacognitive Study Strategies for College Students
-- Ashley Setter 14:20, 24 November 2010 (EST)
Hi Nicole! Nice start to your course. Here are a few comments:
Learning outcomes: It appears that the learning outcomes have been properly identified. I have a clear picture of what the big picture is (Learning to learn and teach from a metacognitive perspective) and how your participants will do this.
Content-goal consistency: From what I can see right now, the content and learning experiences can help learners achieve the learning outcomes.
Instructional sequencing: The sequence of your units is well done. You begin with defining what metacognition is (a great place to start because many people will not know what it is!) and you move into how students learn (a good place to go next) and then relate learning to metacognition. Finally, you end with metacognition learning strategies; which, in my opinion is a great place to end because your participants can apply what they learned/
Engagement and interaction: I love that you include images and videos; these are quite engaging. You also added the learning styles inventory; nice work! I know that you are still working on your course, but I think adding some more videos, and maybe some articles to read, could enhance your course. I also think adding some discussions and reflections (ways to get everyone to communicate) will be helpful in assessing what your participants will know.
Technical quality: Your text and images are clear and easy to read/understand. Additionally, all of your links work.
Extended resources: The resources you have are wonderful! I noticed that you listed many references on your portfolio page; maybe you could list them for your participants to take advantage of.
Overall, I like what you have so far. I look forward to seeing in completed!
Ashley
Re: -- Nicole Pierson 18:44, 24 November 2010 (EST)
Ashley, thank you for the feedback! I have been working on incorporating a lot of the things you identified. It's good to know we are thinking along the same lines!
Sequence -- Nicole Pierson 18:43, 24 November 2010 (EST)
I am considering switching Mod 2 and Mod 3 around. My thinking is that students should have a defined idea of what their goals are earlier in the course and the learning styles can come later and would be a good link between goal setting and the actual learning strategies. Thoughts?
Re: Sequence -- Christopher Poulopoulos 10:21, 26 November 2010 (EST)
For me I like the way it is sequenced. Do you feel learning styles is a pre-requisate type knowledge before moving onto Mod 3? For me it seemed broader and good knowledge to have going forward.
Re: Sequence -- Ashley Setter 13:39, 27 November 2010 (EST)
To be honest, I like the order it is in now. I think knowing the learning styles is a good place to go after defining metacognition. I do, however, see your reasoning to change it. I would say that if you feel it should be changed, then go for it! I do not see the change hurting the course at all.
-- Donna Alese Cooke 09:08, 27 November 2010 (EST)
Hi Nicole- I also like the how you sequenced each individual unit, especially the self assessments and evaluations. Overall, you're consistant with your design and format and the learner can easily progress through the lessons. I agree that you should continue to add videos throughout, particularly for us visual learners. Nice job!
Instructor comments on your draft units -- Jz833665 11:34, 29 November 2010 (EST)
Nicole, your drafts units read very rich and well-sequenced. Nice job! Here are a few suggestions for you to consider:
- In your front/cover page, name your target audience/learner, re-write the unit-level objectives in line with what we have learned in this class about performance-based objective statements.
- Your course content has become much more than what you planned in your portfolio page. Justify it in your portfolio (curriculum map)
- It is helpful to provide an overview of tasks in the beginning of each unit. You may mark out the overview text so that the participants know the actual work is done in the following sections. See my edits to your unit 2 (beginning each line with a space )