Reflective Journal for Week 3

Assessment of Student Learning in the Online Classroom

My week was very interesting. Monday I was very sick and had to go to the doctor. I was not able to do any homework Monday or Tuesday.

Wednesday, I had company. My husband's sister heard I was sick so they stopped to see if I needed anything. We chatted for a few hours, then I was tired so I did some homework but not enough.

Thursday I felt better and completed a lot of course work. Time was again an issue for me.

In summary, this weeks Topic was The perfect e-storm. The perfect estorm refers to an article written by Dr. Curtis Bonk. He discusses the 4 storms forming in elearning:
1. pedagogy- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy
2. technology
3.learner need
4. erased budget

This article was written in 2004, I thought it was interesting summary of what was and in some situations still happening in online education today.

We studied the cycle of learning outcomes, learning objectives, and assessments. We made a concept map to support these educational strategies.

Concept Map for Class Assignment

I made this concept map during week 3 of my Assessment of Student Learning in the Online Classroom.

My concept map identifies the key concepts in Tofflemire Matrix application. It starts with the task (essential question) , learning objectives and the final outcome of task completion.

The Tofflemire matrix is used in dentistry as a quick, easy way to form a wall around the side a tooth when we place a restoration in the tooth. The side of the tooth was cut away by dentist when they removed the decay.



I hope my concept map shows the relationship between the two key key concepts; application and theory and the learning objectives to learn the objective.

This is the URL for my concept map. I made it using the Inspiration software.

https://uwstout.courses.wisconsin.edu/d2l/common/viewFile.d2lfile/Database/Nzg0OTgwMA/Tofflemire.jpg?ou=1022197

This is a URL that explains more about the use of a Tofflemire matrix.

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/dental/operative/matrixband.html

Refection Journal Week 2

Assessment of Student Learning in the Online Classroom

Module 2 topic was "Emerging Practices of Online Assessment"

The focus this week was on how we can assess differently online, what to assess, why we need to assess it and how best we can assess learning.

Week 2 started with me behind in the week.. I picked up my computer on Monday from the store. When I triwed to opened this class it wouldn't work. I did not waste a lot of time, so I called for help. My new computer has Internet explorer 8 and the University of Wisconsin system's on line learning system (desire to learn) can not support it. I had to download Fire Fox for my search engine. It's a little different. For example, copy/paste did not work. I figured it out with help from my baby. (Even though he is 22 years old, he is still my baby)

My other problem was that we needed wireless router networking. Well, that took a while to figure out. It needed a code, my baby knew it and fixed it for me. I am now wireless and loving it.
So it was Wednesday before I was up and running.

I was frustrated this week when I picked a blog site that did not like my new computer. It just would not do what I wanted it to. I spend over 2 hours just fighting passwords, access, content posting. Nothing worked for me. I decided that I would not use that site and explored several more blog sites and found one more user friendly. I love this Google blog site. Very user friendly.

I found the information this week interesting and not difficult to understand. I love it when I learn something new. I learned that I am student centered in my assessment style when I completed the survey.

This week's activities were:
Completing the readings
Creating this blog site
Posting my reflections on my blog
Participating in the discussion boards.

Refection Journal Week 1

Assessment of Student Learning in the Online Classroom

I have taken on line classes before and know that time management is critical. My challenge
was that my daughter was getting married on Friday. I knew Thursday night with rehearsal and Saturday gift opening; this was going to be a very busy week.

As soon as I could I printed Module 1 content and tackled the reading and activities. Oh no! No one responded to work with me on the interview! Finally, Joyce and I connected and I posted it Friday, before I left for the day. That made me nervous.

My other challenge was that we realized that we needed another computer. My husband and I were sharing one. We found we were holding up the other person. Sunday, I went and bought a PC, all of my own. Now I feel spoiled :-)

Very interesting material in the course. I enjoyed meeting all my classmates, from all over the world. I am impressed at how much interaction that we have with our instructor. I like that. I know that it takes a lot of time on her part. I appreciate knowing that the expert is there for me. Datta Kaur Khalsa PHD has been an excellent professor.

Activities for the week:
Readings
Wiki
Interview
Completing a survey
Discussion board participation

The week content on the introduction of online assessments has been interesting. One of my favorite college courses was "What's in a Grade", through University of Laverne, CA. It really sparked on interest in assessment. It woke me up to what assessments purpose is and are we really assessing what we want. I use that course material often. It was based on face to face instruction, but is very applicable to online learning assessment.

Very enjoyable week, my daughter got married, assignments were finished on time, I am enjoying the class, life is good.

My web page

Assessment of Student Learning in the Online Classroom

I developed a web page for one of my classes. I continue to update and add to it, it is a work in progress. I found webs.com very user friendly and it is easy to navigate making and updating the website.

This is the URL for it.

http://williams1234.webs.com/links.htm

Module 1 assignment wiki URL

In our first module we each posted a netiquette rule. We then went in and edited the wiki, changing appearances and format.I never posted in a wiki before, I found it interesting, but not sure of how I would incorporate in my teaching.

http://uwstoutnetiquettefall09.pbworks.com/

This is an interesting article for wiki classroom applications

50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom

http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/

Module 2 Assignment- Post on a Blog my Interview

For our first assignment, I interviewed a classmate, Joyce Pederson, this how I introduced her to the class.

18 years ago, Joyce started her own reading clinic, Pederson Literacy, LLC. She used multiple facets from her extensive education (BS English, MSE Reading and PHD Reading Specialist) and work experience to prepare herself for helping each student learn reading strategies so they can succeed in life.

Joyce maintains her DPI certification in all areas of reading, social studies 7-9, English 7-12 and learning disabilities. The majority of her teaching experience has been at the post secondary level. She was a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas, teaching courses in their graduate reading program.

Joyce enjoys developing each students' case plan by reading their diagnostic analysis, completing outside research and writing up the case plan in a unique format for student success.

Completing the online teaching certificate with be used in three ways. For teachers, developing and offering online CE reading problem identification courses. Students, developing ACT and SAT online prep classes, and for parents and other clients by incorporating more technology.

Her children, grandchildren and her favorite book, Jude the Obscure by Hardy round out Joyce's life and reaffirm her value of helping others. by Ann Williams

This is the URL for our interview assignment. You will find my classmates interviews posted here. Very interesting reading, because I have classmates from around the world.

https://uwstout.courses.wisconsin.edu/d2l/orgTools/ouHome/ouHome.asp?ou=1022197