Online learning with ETAP687: Summer 2008

What does it really mean to create an effective online course that is “student-centered”?

         When I think of student-centered I think student-centered vs. teacher-centered and the difference between the two.  With student-centered learning, students are actively engaged in creating, understanding, and connecting to knowledge and learning. As said in the critical thinking article, “thinking is [...]

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Teaching presence (first blog entry for module 4)
In the module four presentation and in the readings, we learned about teaching presence.  The authors spoke about the good learning environments and that they are comprised of the following elements:
Knowledge centered: “what do we want students to know and be able to do after completing our materials [...]

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What I’d like to reflect on next for my second reflection post for module 3 is the learning experiences I have gained in building my online hiking course so far.  First I don’t think I could have built it in the way I did without all of the help in the assigned readings, presentation, guiding [...]

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In module three’s learning experiences and observations, I have learned so much about the design process in building my hiking course.  I did not know how much of a science it really is to build an online course! In our text, reading through section 3 – Organize, I have learned about conceptualizing the course, chunking and [...]

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Hi all,
Amy introduced me to a website called Rockyou.com and I made up a slide show of hiking experiences with friends and family.  I expect my students to do a lot with this assignment, such as include audio, video, digital images, etc.  You can visit my class, hiking 101 to see more detail.  In the [...]

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I’ve noted through the course observations in module 2 and from readings that it can take up to 300 hours to develop your initial online course.  I can understand now what that means now that we’ve had a chance to delve into the world of online course creation.  I’m totally absorbed in the creation of [...]

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I have been spending hours of time off line researching ideas for my hiking 101 course.  I’ve been thinking a lot about the required reading.  I found two good choices that I recently purchased and I’m reading them now as part of my homework for this course.  I’m also generating a bibliography of suggested/optional readings.  [...]

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So much energy and creativity goes into the development of an online course.  I find there are two challenges:
1.        Creating the structure around your entire teaching content and learning activities.  This area for me is the most creative part.  I enjoy organizing and structuring information.  I think that is why I chose librarianship as a [...]

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In module 2 we had the opportunity to observe exemplar courses created in the online environment.  Having this opportunity alone seemed to justify why I took this course in the first place.  I thought it was an amazing experience and it was the best activity so far!  Thank you Alex!  How valuable to be able [...]

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