Talk:WikiInfoLit EOI Unit 1

Review of mini lesson -- Yvonne Koulikov (talk) 18:44, 26 April 2013 (EDT)

Hi Sarah,

I really enjoyed reviewing your first unit. Your unit is very thorough. I think you have a very stron introductions and using the screen shots a visuals is helpful. I think that the amount of white space you used is also helpful as the reader is not easily overwhelmed. I have a couple of questions:

1. Are the headings going to remain in the actual mini course. I think that they are helpful in guiding the creation of the mini course, but I don't think they would necessarily add to the learning experience.

2. You have the students using the private Google group for both reflective discussions and the posting of lesson plans. Will you be establishing a seperate folder for this activity? If you are going to have the students post lesson plans in more than one unit that might be helpful. I think that when there are many long posts plus plans that are posted in the discussion areas, it is less likely that the students will read as many as they would if they had seperate areas.

3. Lastly, in section 9, after identifying the sections, should this document be annoted and posted somewhere? If so, that was not stated.

In sum, this is a great unit with a strong introduction, video and visuals used to grab the attention of the student. The use of white space allows for many activities and readings to be presented without overwhelming the student. Great Job!

Instructor feedback on your draft unit -- Jianwei Zhang (talk) 15:39, 1 May 2013 (EDT)

yes, your units drafted look solid and well streamlined. To further refine your mini-course, you may focus on improving the flow and interaction of this course to make it friendly and engaging. Specifically,

1) your mini-course front page (that has the index of the units) needs to be fully developed to provide an overview and objectives of this course, followed by the links to the units. See the following as an example: Integrating_Metacognitive_Development_in_Mathematics_Instruction

2) Your unit 1: you may want to copy your objectives directly into the beginning of this page. As your peers said, the instructional events framework has been used nicely to create the structure/flow of this and other units. Now you can rephrase and/or integrate some of the subheadings to make the content more interesting and meaningful to the learner. For example, you may integrate presenting materials, providing guidance, and stimulate responses (and feedback/assess) into one section, so the learner will think about a few questions, then read with your guidance, and then answer/discuss the questions.

3) The units seem quite heavy in content. You may have the learner focus on some readings (or selected sections of the readings) while provide the rest as extended resources.

Re: Instructor feedback on your draft unit -- Sarah Morehouse (talk) 22:06, 1 May 2013 (EDT)

Is it ok that I leave them somewhat content heavy? I am intending to use this as the basis for part of a certificate program. Within that certificate program, every mini-course is supposed to be a time-commitment of 10 hours. I am figuring 5 units at 2 hours per unit.