Monday, August 24, 2009

Considering Continuous Improvement in Online Ed

In my face to face course, I'm remembering to review not only the material we covered, but how it was learned. Today I used Moodle chat and had student give similarities and differences between 3 operating systems. I remembered to ask students (using a Consensogram) if they thought the activity helped them understand the differences and similarities. I wasn't surprised that the vast majority enjoyed the chat experience, but I was surprised the some rated it "not worth the time." It's important to keep up with students' learning experiences so that you understand how the minority is learning. If I forget the minority, we may as a a class, never reach the highest mark of 100% proficient in the skills/concepts I'm trying to teach them.

To translate this to the online environment, I will post some surveys and ask students to rate their learning activities over the next few weeks. This will help me decide the kinds of activities they should repeat and those I should reconsider.

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