Reflective Notes
When I reflect on this eight weeks' learning experience, what sticks out of my mind is not only the assessment tools I have learned, but the group support from the class. Starting from week one when I was anxiously looking for a partner to complete the interviewing activity, Ginnie who has already had finished this activity voluntarily to be my partner. I have learned so much from my mid-term group, Ann, Marcela and Deb. They have all made extra effort to make the project such a success. I have enjoyed reading the posts on the discussion board which make me feel to memorize the beautiful writings. Eight weeks passed so fast. I am looking forward to meeting some of you again in the next E-Learning for Educators course.
For my future plan, I would like to implement both blog and wiki as the assessment tools. As for blog I can have students post their reflective journal since they can input Chinese characters on blog. By using wiki, the group activity can be conducted. In order to encourage students to try the new technology, I will make it as an extra credit activity for the students who are willing to give it a try.
Jingfang's Final Project
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
MODULE SEVEN
Reflective notes
This week I have been spending most of my time working on the final project which I think it is a great assignment by putting together what I have learned through the course. During the research, I have also learned the new techniques and ideas on how to apply the assessment tools I have selected for this project.
This project helps me to decide on how I will evaluate the students’ learning outcomes and what assessment tools fit my course the best in terms of authentic assessment and plagiarism prevention. It also reminds me to have a review of the learning outcomes for this course Assessment in E-Learning. I am surprised I have learned so much in such a short period of time. Well, I have demonstrated what I have learned in my final project. Please have a look at it.
The course I selected to apply the four assessment tools is Elementary Chinese, which is an online course transferred from a traditional classroom course one year ago. The four assessment tools I think will better fit for the learning objectives listed are: SurveyMonkey, Blog, Audacity, and Skype. Please have a view of my final project. I would like to hear your suggestions and feedbacks.
Jingfang's final project for Assessment in E-Learning
This week I have been spending most of my time working on the final project which I think it is a great assignment by putting together what I have learned through the course. During the research, I have also learned the new techniques and ideas on how to apply the assessment tools I have selected for this project.
This project helps me to decide on how I will evaluate the students’ learning outcomes and what assessment tools fit my course the best in terms of authentic assessment and plagiarism prevention. It also reminds me to have a review of the learning outcomes for this course Assessment in E-Learning. I am surprised I have learned so much in such a short period of time. Well, I have demonstrated what I have learned in my final project. Please have a look at it.
The course I selected to apply the four assessment tools is Elementary Chinese, which is an online course transferred from a traditional classroom course one year ago. The four assessment tools I think will better fit for the learning objectives listed are: SurveyMonkey, Blog, Audacity, and Skype. Please have a view of my final project. I would like to hear your suggestions and feedbacks.
Jingfang's final project for Assessment in E-Learning
Thursday, October 30, 2008
MODULE SIX
Reflective notes:
This is the week I feel that time really flies and we are getting very close to final. It’s time for me work on my final project. I am glad that it is related to what I am teaching. It’s also time to save the readings and useful information pieces from the instructor and the classmate to apply to my course in the future.
I am very impressed with some of our classmates’ posts. They are knowledgably well written. I almost feel that I should recite them since their writing is so beautiful with the expressions. I hope to meet these classmates again in the upcoming courses.
Jingfang's precourse survey by SurveyMonkey
This is the week I feel that time really flies and we are getting very close to final. It’s time for me work on my final project. I am glad that it is related to what I am teaching. It’s also time to save the readings and useful information pieces from the instructor and the classmate to apply to my course in the future.
I am very impressed with some of our classmates’ posts. They are knowledgably well written. I almost feel that I should recite them since their writing is so beautiful with the expressions. I hope to meet these classmates again in the upcoming courses.
Jingfang's precourse survey by SurveyMonkey
Thursday, October 23, 2008
MODULE FIVE
Reflective Journal
I enjoy reading the case study on Casey's journalism class listed as one of the reading material for this week. With the online assessment tools, Casey's traditional onsite class can be transferred online with more engaging materials. By learning online, students can enjoy more choices on activities. I have discussed with Amy, my classmate that we can even move Casey's class field trip to watch a film online by having students go to a local library to borrow the video or find it on youtube. Students can do that with their convenient time and don’t need to worry about missing the field trip.
I am very grateful that there are so many talented and knowledgeable classmates I have in this class. Every week I can learn new things through their posting. This week I learned there is revised Bloom's Taxonomy, which is posted by Diane. The website also provides the useful resources on how to link Bloom's Taxonomy to Technology.
This week we have also read the threats of plagiarism. Too bad we didn't get to discuss about it. It's a very interesting topic for online assessment. I hope we can have another opportunity to discuss about it in the following modules.
One of the activities for this week is to finish an assessment taxonomy chart. Here is my chart:
Jingfang's Assessment Taxonomy
I enjoy reading the case study on Casey's journalism class listed as one of the reading material for this week. With the online assessment tools, Casey's traditional onsite class can be transferred online with more engaging materials. By learning online, students can enjoy more choices on activities. I have discussed with Amy, my classmate that we can even move Casey's class field trip to watch a film online by having students go to a local library to borrow the video or find it on youtube. Students can do that with their convenient time and don’t need to worry about missing the field trip.
I am very grateful that there are so many talented and knowledgeable classmates I have in this class. Every week I can learn new things through their posting. This week I learned there is revised Bloom's Taxonomy, which is posted by Diane. The website also provides the useful resources on how to link Bloom's Taxonomy to Technology.
This week we have also read the threats of plagiarism. Too bad we didn't get to discuss about it. It's a very interesting topic for online assessment. I hope we can have another opportunity to discuss about it in the following modules.
One of the activities for this week is to finish an assessment taxonomy chart. Here is my chart:
Jingfang's Assessment Taxonomy
Friday, October 17, 2008
MODULE FOUR
Reflective Journal:
This week I have worked on a mid-term group project along with Ann, Deb, and Marcela. Each of us did a search on one of the assessment tools, and then it’s edited as one paper. It was nice to get an overview of other assessment tools which I haven’t worked on. I know it’s the purpose of the jigsaw exercise. I have never practiced jigsaw practice to my course. But it is definitely worth trying for a group project for my online course and see how it goes. I just wonder if the instructor should give students choices if they don’t like to work in groups.
I am very grateful that people in my group work together so respectfully and cooperatively. They are very knowledgeable and helpful as well. Ann even added a conclusion part for my research. I really appreciate that. Every one in the group is very considerate and posted early enough to leave time for the final review. I have enjoyed my experience to work in the group this week.
Assessment Tools for Online Learning- Mid-Term Group Project
The emergence of social networking and collaboration tools on the Internet has provided the opportunity for educators to incorporate authentic assessment tools into their online learning environments. There are many tools from which to choose, however learning outcomes and performance based objectives must be aligned with the appropriate assessment tools. The purpose of this paper is to showcase four assessment tools for online educators. The discussion of each tool will include an explanation of the tool, uses and benefits, potential weaknesses, and examples of how the tools can be used by educators.
Our assessment toolbox contains the following:
1. Quiz and Test Builder tools - SurveyMonkey
2. Reflection Assessment tools – LiveJournal
3. Peer-to-Peer Collaboration tools – Wikis
4. Course Tracking tools – MicroGrade
Please go to Assessment Toolbox to overview the four assessment tools.
This week I have worked on a mid-term group project along with Ann, Deb, and Marcela. Each of us did a search on one of the assessment tools, and then it’s edited as one paper. It was nice to get an overview of other assessment tools which I haven’t worked on. I know it’s the purpose of the jigsaw exercise. I have never practiced jigsaw practice to my course. But it is definitely worth trying for a group project for my online course and see how it goes. I just wonder if the instructor should give students choices if they don’t like to work in groups.
I am very grateful that people in my group work together so respectfully and cooperatively. They are very knowledgeable and helpful as well. Ann even added a conclusion part for my research. I really appreciate that. Every one in the group is very considerate and posted early enough to leave time for the final review. I have enjoyed my experience to work in the group this week.
Assessment Tools for Online Learning- Mid-Term Group Project
The emergence of social networking and collaboration tools on the Internet has provided the opportunity for educators to incorporate authentic assessment tools into their online learning environments. There are many tools from which to choose, however learning outcomes and performance based objectives must be aligned with the appropriate assessment tools. The purpose of this paper is to showcase four assessment tools for online educators. The discussion of each tool will include an explanation of the tool, uses and benefits, potential weaknesses, and examples of how the tools can be used by educators.
Our assessment toolbox contains the following:
1. Quiz and Test Builder tools - SurveyMonkey
2. Reflection Assessment tools – LiveJournal
3. Peer-to-Peer Collaboration tools – Wikis
4. Course Tracking tools – MicroGrade
Please go to Assessment Toolbox to overview the four assessment tools.
Friday, October 10, 2008
MODULE THREE
Reflection:
It has been a fun and frustrating experience to work on the concept mapping by connecting the assessment tool with learning objectives. The instruction for this assignment is to list 2-5 learning objectives for an online course and connect the learning objectives to an assessment tool. It is a wonderful practice to keep in mind the assessment while activities related to the learning objectives are planned.
It's fun to see how the concept map can be arranged with different graphics and colors and how our classmates use concept mapping in very different way. My frustration is that I have trouble to download the free trial file on my computer. Well, the problem solved after I switch to a different computer. This is my first time to use concept map. I realize the visual learner will benefit from this instructinal design. It can help me to plan my teaching in a more organized way. I am very grateful that Kathy and Ginnie provide a different online concept mapping tools which do not involve downloading.
Jingfang's Concept Map:
It has been a fun and frustrating experience to work on the concept mapping by connecting the assessment tool with learning objectives. The instruction for this assignment is to list 2-5 learning objectives for an online course and connect the learning objectives to an assessment tool. It is a wonderful practice to keep in mind the assessment while activities related to the learning objectives are planned.
It's fun to see how the concept map can be arranged with different graphics and colors and how our classmates use concept mapping in very different way. My frustration is that I have trouble to download the free trial file on my computer. Well, the problem solved after I switch to a different computer. This is my first time to use concept map. I realize the visual learner will benefit from this instructinal design. It can help me to plan my teaching in a more organized way. I am very grateful that Kathy and Ginnie provide a different online concept mapping tools which do not involve downloading.
Jingfang's Concept Map:
Thursday, October 2, 2008
MODULE TWO
Post on this week's reading:
Based on Wang & Fang's study, as an online communication technology, the advantages of educational web logs are:
1. The learners are able to evaluate their own learning, learn to manage their own time, process information. Their learning arch can be clearly displayed by using a journal format.
2. Blogs is an effective tool for group projects. The students are able to work together to accomplish a shared learning goal.
3. Based on the study, the students who used the Blog for class discussions have increased their confidence in learning and help developed their social skills.
The Wang & Fang's case study has not discussed much about the disadvantages of using weblogs for teaching. The downsides of blogs which have been mentioned in this week's another reading "7 things you should know about blogs." are the biased or inaccurate information, highly volatile and unmediated.
As a Chinese language instructor, I haven't figured out how to use the weblog for my current students' interactive activities yet since the Blog is pretty much limited to communication in writing. My students need to do activities which help them mainly with improving their listening and speaking skills. But I can try to use it for my culture courses which students can use Blog to write reflective journals.
Reflection
This week I have learned how to use Edublog to evaluate learning. I have experienced setting up Blog which is a brand new for me. Before I thought Blog is only used for journaling. Now I realize I can use Blog to upload images, audio, video. I also realize that I can use Blog to my teaching.
One of the final projects which I ask my students to work on is a group skit presentation on video. A group of students create a situational skit with the conversational skills we have learned. After the skit is recorded, the whole class will receive a link on ‘YOUTUBE’. Since Blog has a feature to upload video, I think I can have students to upload the video to the Blog which is set up for the whole class and have students to make comments on the skit presentation and evaluate it.
I will explore more in Blog in the following weeks and add more features to it.
Based on Wang & Fang's study, as an online communication technology, the advantages of educational web logs are:
1. The learners are able to evaluate their own learning, learn to manage their own time, process information. Their learning arch can be clearly displayed by using a journal format.
2. Blogs is an effective tool for group projects. The students are able to work together to accomplish a shared learning goal.
3. Based on the study, the students who used the Blog for class discussions have increased their confidence in learning and help developed their social skills.
The Wang & Fang's case study has not discussed much about the disadvantages of using weblogs for teaching. The downsides of blogs which have been mentioned in this week's another reading "7 things you should know about blogs." are the biased or inaccurate information, highly volatile and unmediated.
As a Chinese language instructor, I haven't figured out how to use the weblog for my current students' interactive activities yet since the Blog is pretty much limited to communication in writing. My students need to do activities which help them mainly with improving their listening and speaking skills. But I can try to use it for my culture courses which students can use Blog to write reflective journals.
Reflection
This week I have learned how to use Edublog to evaluate learning. I have experienced setting up Blog which is a brand new for me. Before I thought Blog is only used for journaling. Now I realize I can use Blog to upload images, audio, video. I also realize that I can use Blog to my teaching.
One of the final projects which I ask my students to work on is a group skit presentation on video. A group of students create a situational skit with the conversational skills we have learned. After the skit is recorded, the whole class will receive a link on ‘YOUTUBE’. Since Blog has a feature to upload video, I think I can have students to upload the video to the Blog which is set up for the whole class and have students to make comments on the skit presentation and evaluate it.
I will explore more in Blog in the following weeks and add more features to it.
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