Sunday, April 28, 2013

Final Project

The end of the course has arrived, and with it, I have concluded with my final course project, a toolbox including four assessment tools matched with course objectives for my REA0007 redesign process.

It was hard work, but I love the idea of having tools outside of my LMS to utilize as assessment items for the course. 

Assessment Toolbox  

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Pre-Course Survey

This week, we worked on a creating a pre-course survey to better know and assist our learners.  I modified an already existing survey a bit, and I find I still want to add more to my survey, but I do not wish to overwhelm my students. Therefore, I will continue to consider how to get what I really need to know to serve them and to help me understand their needs....along with helping me know how to communicate with them about items they may need to help them get started with the course.

Access my Pre-Course Survey here. 

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Taxonomy Table

This week, we considered Bloom's Taxonomy and created a table for some of our planned learning objectives and activities.   I await feedback from both instructor and more of my peers.  I feel good about the table right now...but always room to grow and improve. 


Bloom categories/Revised Taxonomy
Learning objective verbs
Activity
Knowledge /Remembering
(recall, list, define, identify, collect, label)
Identify
Recall
Label
Students will be presented with a graphic of the SQ3R process; students will recall the components in order to identify and then label the components.
Comprehension/Understanding
(summarize, describe interpret, predict, discuss)
Summarize
Discuss
Describe
Students will participate in a discussion forum where they will adequately discuss, describe, and summarize the SQ3R reading process.
Application/Applying
(apply, demonstrate, illustrate, classify, experiment, discover)
Apply
Demonstrate
Students will apply and demonstrate understanding of SQ3R concepts to a reading passage activity (pre-made form to complete as they read a passage.)
Analysis/Analyzing
(analyze, classify, connect, explain, infer)


Evaluation/Evaluating
(assess, recommend, convince, compare, conclude, summarize)


Synthesis/Creating
(combine, integrate, plan, create, design, formulate)
Design
Create
After completing reading and other activities, students will design and create an illustrative concept map showing their understanding of the SQ3R reading process