Difference between revisions of "Course:OL Delivery:OTL101:Planning"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
ColinMadland (talk | contribs) |
ColinMadland (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
==Intended Learning Outcomes== | ==Intended Learning Outcomes== | ||
===You will be able to=== | ===You will be able to=== | ||
| − | + | # analyze the characteristics of ‘teaching presence’ in an effective distance learning environment; | |
| − | + | #evaluate your teaching presence in light of the characteristics of effective distance learning environments; | |
| − | + | #evaluate the ways that interactions occur in a distance learning environment and develop ideas to encourage high quality educative interactions; | |
| − | + | #devise, implement, and evaluate strategies for efficient time management; | |
| − | + | #explore the use of digital tools to enhance teaching presence and promote student learning; | |
| − | + | #establish 2-3 goals related to improving and enhancing your teaching presence in your courses; | |
| − | + | # develop a plan for achieving your goals resulting in an improved and enhanced teaching presence in your courses. | |
==Course Overview== | ==Course Overview== | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 5 June 2014
Creating a Positive Presence in Your Virtual Classroom
This course focuses on the creation of a “Teaching Presence” with building knowledge and skills required to create a positive learning environment and bring the human touch to the virtual class while developing and evaluating strategies for efficient time management.
What is Teaching Presence?
From the Community of Inquiry website at Athabasca University, teaching presence is defined as the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of realizing personally meaningful and educational worthwhile learning outcomes.
Intended Learning Outcomes
You will be able to
- analyze the characteristics of ‘teaching presence’ in an effective distance learning environment;
- evaluate your teaching presence in light of the characteristics of effective distance learning environments;
- evaluate the ways that interactions occur in a distance learning environment and develop ideas to encourage high quality educative interactions;
- devise, implement, and evaluate strategies for efficient time management;
- explore the use of digital tools to enhance teaching presence and promote student learning;
- establish 2-3 goals related to improving and enhancing your teaching presence in your courses;
- develop a plan for achieving your goals resulting in an improved and enhanced teaching presence in your courses.
Course Overview
Week 1 - Welcome and Introduction
Activities
- Read course guide
- Set up blog
- Access Kumu wiki
- Read CoI article
- Post #1 - Self-Introduction
Resources
- WordPress and Wiki tutorials
- CoI article
Assessments
None
Week 2-3 - Teaching Presence
Outcome
- analyze the characteristics of ‘teaching presence’ in an effective distance learning environment
Activities
- Read Teaching Presence article
- Browse for 3-5 open courses (Saylor, OERu, Coursera, EdX...) and skim each for characteristics of teaching presence.
Resources
- Teaching Presence article
Assessments
- Post #2
- give 3-5 examples of how teaching presence may or may not have been demonstrated in the various open courses you examined.
Week 4-5 - Interaction
Outcome
- evaluate the ways that interactions occur in a distance learning environment and develop ideas to encourage high quality educative interactions
Activities
Read
- Interaction resource
* Blog post 2 – Based on 3-5 open courses, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the various forms of interaction demonstrated in the course designs and suggest ways to improve the quality of interaction
Resources
Assessments
Week 6 - Time Management
Outcome
Activities
Resources
Assessments
Week 7 - Digital Tools
Outcome
Activities
Resources
Assessments
Week 8 - Goals for Enhancing Teaching Presence
Outcome
Activities
- Review and summarize 2-3 current articles on enhancing teaching presence and identify 2-3 goals relevant to your work
- Present strategies for achieving your goals