Module 4 Reflection!

So...my just one thing...having students create their own unit exams by helping them create levelled questions...didn't happen. I only have 2 students in my HS20 course (which is where I planned to incorporate this idea) and so I have turned it into a blended classroom instead. This means students are working on their devices at different paces-putting a large kink into my plan. I do enjoy that this new classroom environment allows me to work with each of the students at their level, but it limits the classroom discussions we are able to have.

We have discussed levelled questioning and level 4 and 5 type questions (more level 4 than 5), and they know they will see these on the exams, but I am not sure how to get them questioning effectively in this new environment. This is something I plan to continue working on and hopefully come up with anther "just one thing" to try before the semester is over!

Module 3 Reflection...

So I just realized I never posted a reflection for Module 3! We made a video and everything! Check out our video below....and by "our", I mean Adina, Colleen, Michelle and myself.

However cool this video is, I found working with others in an asynch environment in this module very challenging. I found we were never on the same page about where the group was at, and it wasn't about helping each other learn so much as powering through to get our project done.

It made me reflect on my asynch courses and tough collaboration is in this type of learning situation. I would love to incorporate more discussion and group work into my online courses, but I am not sure how to do this effectively to enhance student learning and not just make them discuss to make myself feel better about the course. Any suggestions?

Ideally, I would love to see multiple sections of my DLC courses: ones where students want to be involved in discussion/group work with others and the others structured our regular asynch (work at your own pace) courses. I know online learning is a learning experience in itself-I am working to make my courses better all the time...maybe one day I will have the collaboration portion figured out better!