Huey Zher introduced a few books books that would be useful to guide us in research and teaching:-
1. The Technology Toolkit for Teaching
2. Empowering Online Learning : 100+ Activities for Reading, Reflecting, Displaying, & Doing
The books looked exciting! Must find the time to read!
Also the Horizon Project Navigator to keep ourselves updated.
Oh yeah, from Yee Hui I learned about Prezi, from KJ Google Extentions. Made use of the extentions already! Thank you, Yee Hui and KJ!
Today's presentation was about the Flipped Classroom. The idea is very stimulating. I was all ready to think of which of my topics I want to use with this method. Then it hit me- the parents! We need to re-train them to allow their children to adopt the usage of technology in the classroom and outside of classroom. The computer has always been associated with entertainment and play. The MOE really needs to change the parents and most of the teachers' mindset with regard to the possibilities of technology in all aspects of learning. There are so many resources on the world wide web to be utilized, if only Malaysians are more open to new technologies and the World Wide Web!
However, on a brighter note, I might assemble a power point with all the video cuts I want my students to watch then get them to watch the power point at home to save time.
This post will be a short one because I still have to catch up with my reading and try to get some sense out of the articles to link up for my literature review assignment =(
Will be back next week ;D
Friday, 25 November 2011
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Lecture 9_Today I learn, Today I Question!
Time Flies! It’s week 9 already? Cannot be, yet the date tells me it’s true. The pace of the semester has picked up considerably with the main assignments for PXGT6110 and PXGT6111 due pretty soon. Though the school holidays has started it does not mean any less work for me, being caught up with invigilation, marking and assignments. I will only be done with all these by the end of December, when school starts again! What bedlam!
Through this week’s presentation I was made to understand one thing, that is, pedagogy is more important that technology. we should actually use pedagogy to guide us towards the right technology to use in class and for each lesson. Because we are teaching languages or sciences and not technology. I will bear this truth in mind when I next design for my class.
I’m all excited about the possibilities of using technology in the classroom but also question the possible distractions that they bring with them, having my doubts raised after reading:
Distractions in the Wireless Classroom By Michael J. Bugeja
the article in the Edu Cause Quarterly address these concerns :
From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the Classroom By Berlin Fang
Monday, 7 November 2011
Lecture 8_Today I learn, Today I Question!
It's November already and mid-term. Time flew past so fast. I dread the end of the semester when this course will end. I haven't had so much fun in ages though of course it's hard work.
Lecture this week is on the various ID frameworks like ADDIE, Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction, Kemp and others. After reading through some materials on Instructional Design for e-Learning posted by Huey Zher and also the presentation by Jessica, I gathered that these are the steps that I must take to ensure a good design:
1. Perform a Needs Analysis based on curriculum requirements and the actual need for instruction. Check out the constraints/limitations and resources-make sure that the students don’t get lost in your design. We found out that our students did get lost so we have to narrow down the exercises on our wiki- in other words- redo =(( Time is also an important factor in ID. We must allocate enough time to design, develop and go-live.
2. Identify Instructional Goals and Analyse Tasks- break the goals and tasks into smaller, more manageable units according to outcomes and objectives.
3. Write the assessment for the design based on goals and objectives.
4. Choose teaching strategies and Instructional Media – determined by objectives and goals of instruction.
5. Teach the course.
And after that of course at the end of each lesson we have to analyse them. If something does not work out, we have to redesign, re-implement and re-evaluate. Evaluation can be in the form of facial/verbal clues and does not necessarily have to be tests/exams.
We also had an activity where we had to sum up what we’ve learned so far. This is our summary, using graphics. In our opinion, PLE is the final outcome, while the theories, TPACK and Model of Learning Engagement are the back bone. ADDIE and the aspects, visual of web-based learning will guide us in our design. Thus, the following graphic:
I also downloaded and installed JING recommended by Huey Zher. I find this software really useful because there's something wrong with my laptop printscreen function. See the image I made using Jing and Powerpoint below. I didn't use SnagIt because there's a trial period of 30 days so I suspect they will ask us to subscribe after that ;D.
Lecture this week is on the various ID frameworks like ADDIE, Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction, Kemp and others. After reading through some materials on Instructional Design for e-Learning posted by Huey Zher and also the presentation by Jessica, I gathered that these are the steps that I must take to ensure a good design:
1. Perform a Needs Analysis based on curriculum requirements and the actual need for instruction. Check out the constraints/limitations and resources-make sure that the students don’t get lost in your design. We found out that our students did get lost so we have to narrow down the exercises on our wiki- in other words- redo =(( Time is also an important factor in ID. We must allocate enough time to design, develop and go-live.
2. Identify Instructional Goals and Analyse Tasks- break the goals and tasks into smaller, more manageable units according to outcomes and objectives.
3. Write the assessment for the design based on goals and objectives.
4. Choose teaching strategies and Instructional Media – determined by objectives and goals of instruction.
5. Teach the course.
And after that of course at the end of each lesson we have to analyse them. If something does not work out, we have to redesign, re-implement and re-evaluate. Evaluation can be in the form of facial/verbal clues and does not necessarily have to be tests/exams.
We also had an activity where we had to sum up what we’ve learned so far. This is our summary, using graphics. In our opinion, PLE is the final outcome, while the theories, TPACK and Model of Learning Engagement are the back bone. ADDIE and the aspects, visual of web-based learning will guide us in our design. Thus, the following graphic:
I also downloaded and installed JING recommended by Huey Zher. I find this software really useful because there's something wrong with my laptop printscreen function. See the image I made using Jing and Powerpoint below. I didn't use SnagIt because there's a trial period of 30 days so I suspect they will ask us to subscribe after that ;D.
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