2. AJ Kelton
Travel Industry 1983 - 1995
Montclair State University 1997 - Present
B.A. - English, American Literature 1998
American Literary Renaissance
M.A. - Writing Studies 2004
Basic/Introductory Writing
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3. AJ Kelton
Director
Emerging and Instructional Technology
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Montclair State University
Doctoral Candidate
Educational Communication & Technology
New York University
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21. How do we learn?
Passive
"Sage on the Stage"
Active
"Guide on the Side"
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22. How do we learn?
Passive
"Sage on the Stage"
Freire's "banking model"
pitcher / vessel
control: teacher
e.g., lecture
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23. How do we learn?
Active
"Guide on the Side"
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24. How do we learn?
Active
"Guide on the Side"
constructivist
control: learner
e.g., group work and PBL
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25. How do we learn?
chunking
cognitive load
dual-coding
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26. How do we improve
how we learn?
Instructional
Design
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27. Here is what is going
to be on the test.
How well would you do?
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28. Rubric
a set of rules
"an explicit set of criteria used for assessing
a particular type of work or performance"*
*http://tltgroup.org/resources/flashlight/rubrics.htm
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29. Rubric
Quality Matters
http://www.qmprogram.org
http://www.qualitymatters.org
Design and Delivery
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30. Quality Matters
• Course Overview and Introduction
• Learning Objectives (Competencies)
• Assessment and Measurement
• Instructional Materials
• Learner Interaction and Engagement
• Course Technology
• Learner Support
• Accessibility
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31. GROUP WORK
Quality Matters Rubric
Something worth noting
Innovative way of doing something
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34. Instructional Strategies
Game Mechanics
Games
Everything has a point value
A particular grade equals a certain number of points
Students make decisions as to what to do and when
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36. GROUP WORK
Group Work
Do you assign group work?
If so, when? If not, why not?
Evaluation / Assessment
Group Dynamics
(e.g., social loafer)
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37. GROUP WORK
Community
Is community important in a class?
Strategies for creating
community in a face-to-face class
Strategies for creating
community in an online class
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