4. We will look at
The talent in the room
The overall vision
Goals & strategies
Networking
Assessment FOR learning
Damian Cooper & Anne Davies
How does that affect student engagement?
5. Web/tech tool for inquiry based learning Networking
Four plus on Assessment
Experience the Flip lesson
Student Engagement
Effective Moodle Tools
Create lessons with assessment FOR learning
Present lessons
Three step interviews
Anytime, Anyplace, Anypace learning
Afterhours chatpart of learning
6. In School Division groups create a resume of the
combined group addressing :
Educational background and years in field
Distance Education experience
PD focus
Hobbies
Appoint one member to share with larger group
on behalf of their jurisdiction.
10. To educate the whole student by adapting
opportunities for personal success.
Take classes Any Time, Any Where, Any Place, Any
Pace
Flexible Distance Learning opportunities for Northern
Saskatchewan Residents
An innovator in promoting student success through a
personalized online learning community.
11. Toss the ball around the room
When you catch it:
Give your name
Read the question by your left thumb
Answer the question.
13. • Personalize lessons for multiple intelligences
• Learn about best practices in online assessment, instruction and course design
• Better processes for collaborating and communication with students
• More efficient processes for registration, communication and support
• Communication between students, students-facilitators, students-teachers,
Teachers-facilitators, Administrators-teachers, mostly everyone
• Create a learning community of educators to collaborate toward common goals
in the area of distance education.
• Create a directory of distance educators.
• Define the fundamental characteristics of a distance education course that
ensures student success.
• Support teachers to make professional judgments about assessment (trust
teachers to determine what tools will work for their students at that time and in
that place)
• Teach students to be responsible, digital citizens that are able to find and
authenticate information
14. • Sharing best practices
• New tools will help adapt courses for the personalized lessons
• Special subject council, Twitter (#skdlearn), PLN with a internet
hub/ directory/repository of strategies and lessons.
• Use Moodle to create a hub for SK distance education,
Collaborative course/lesson creation, Focus on common
outcomes.
• Share best practices, track student success/retention, ask
students what works and get rid of practices that don’t work,
provide prompt feedback.
• Begin with assessment tools that teachers are already using and
talk to teachers about how to use those tools to assess for
learning
• Give students tools and information about internet responsibility
18. Encourage the advancement of administration,
teaching, and development of distance education
Every student will develop a deep understanding of
their learning.
Create a ‘community’ of distance educators
19. • Firstly, encourage and foster distance ed. locally ( school staffs,
divisions)
• Initial face to face meeting of distance educators, moving to
annual distance networking via web conference
• Support catalyst individuals who promote DE, making people
aware of SETA
• Create a Moodle course that includes the following:
• directory of distance educators in this room
• Forum for Q and A
• Area for subject and grade specific sharing
• Glossary- Web 2.0 Tools
• Social Bookmarking sharing- Diigo and del.i.cious
• PD information (upcoming eLearning conferences, webinars etc.)
21. Divide into two groups:
Damian Cooper Assessment
Anne Davies Assessment
22. Keynoters - provide an overview of key points that are
important to online learning
Investigators - create open ended questions to ask for
more information, clarify or explain the ideas (3 or less)
Illustrators - provide specific examples or applications of
the ideas presented in readings
Linkers - show how does the material we are reading links
to other areas requiring our attention in distance
education
23. Damian Cooper & Anne Davies
Come together in theFour Plus group
large
Each subgroup briefly present findings.
Keynoters from Groups 1,2 & 3 first, then
Investigators and so on.
24. Tools in Moodle to create the learning experience
we want for students
Assessment Collaboration Communication
Quiz Glossary Forum
Assignment Database Choice
Lesson Workshop Questionnaire
Survey Chat Chat
25. For casual discussion and networking
If Distance Education is the answer ... then what is the
question?
How do we take the distance .. out of Distance Ed?
How do we keep distance education courses dynamic
and changing?
What are some creative and interesting ways to
improve student engagement and completion rates?
How do we facilitate continual growth of distance
education teachers?
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