Reflective Supporting the Needs of All Learners

  

Chosen week 6 of course EDU609.  This assignment I created a PPT program my PowerPoint was titled “Final Presentation Building an Online Course: Reflections on Theory and Practice – Final.” The design of my presentation is complete with graphics and discussion, to keep a reader engaged yet to present a full picture.  We were given a list of learning Theories/methodologies to select from my choices were blooms taxonomy, backward design, flipped classroom, a community of practice, content curation & blogging.

For better understanding of the project outlined here is the address to you tube;

https://youtu.be/dCBZc-51trg

  “With understanding these concepts, the order of the course needed to make sense for learners laying out the course following the six stages, “remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create.” (2001) revised edition of Bloom's taxonomy. The alignment is simply how to maintain humanity and create dignity with the use of empathy while dealing with patients or clients.  professionals dealing with people tend to get so busy they forget empathy and keeping the client or patient first.  The evaluation phase was from personal experience, as a health professional, I was able to investigate my own course and apply experiences to the development and rounding of the course. I mention in the title of the course the stress lab but it is simply an end that delivers the message of empathy and empathetic speaking.” So the outcome needs to be clear and precise keeping all the learners or people you are working with moving in the same direction.

  The course design process needs to not only keep learners engaged but let them know where they are going LOC objectives.  We all ask why am I taking this course? what is the need? what am I going to learn?  Designers need to keep this line of questioning in mind when working through their course design.

  Designers are taught to build their courses from the end to the beginning.  This concept was difficult at first to grasp. Backward design (reverse engineering) admittedly this methodology had me lost for a while, as it would most health care professionals. we are trained to go from front to back in course design you learn how to envision the ending outcome first (target goals) and then work toward the start.  

  The design was to focus on what they need to know and understand an application.  the design focused on the who, what, when and where basic idea but backward, I will let you ponder on that as I had to in reverse. Designers are taught to build their courses from the end to the beginning.  This concept was difficult at first to grasp. Backward design (reverse engineering) admittedly this methodology had me lost for a while, as it would most health care professionals. we are trained to go from front to back in course design you learn how to envision the ending outcome first (target goals) and then work toward the start.   The design was to focus on what they need to know and understand an application.  the design focused on the who, what, when and where basic idea but backward, I will let you ponder on that as I had to in reverse.

  The course EDU 609 had learners thinking how to not only create and develop thoughtful courses but how technology impacts delivery and engagement in the way learners learn and how teachers teach.  Web 2.0 brought on the flipped classroom and blending, this does not mean the classroom freezes at this point because expanding 609 is going to be the need to learn the fast-growing web 3.0. 

  The flipped classroom the methodology of the flipped classroom is a concept created from the web 2.0. the design of this course was developed based on the flipped concept as that it is devoted to the online student with incorporated technologies as we as online lectures to be conducted in second life. traditional homework is completed in journal forms and or discussion boards to be submitted via the course or e-mail. this course is embedded in instructional and training videos to be viewed by learners.

  The community of practice, this is whereas in a team, for example, people are drawn together sharing one common idea or goal.  In the classroom, the design of the physical classroom or conference room accommodates in helping proper teams and communities to form like little villages.  This concept is broken down into three sections, domain, community and practice, the learners or team members are gathered by a learning need they have in common such as empathy and empathetic speaking. the bond of their shared professions such as health professionals becomes their collective community. the interactions of the online course allow them the resources to learn and produce as teams or individuals.  this course encourages community and drawing together socially.

    Content curation and blogging, not many people understand a need to journal or to blog.  In this 

concept, it is seen how social media and teams and individual members gain fresh ideas and views from other members in other villages or teams.  During the entire MATLT learners are encouraged to learn to blog and journal, some are reluctant but did it as it was part of the courses requirements. As learners now see that with the use of media inflexed into today’s learning processes learners and educators alike must have at least the basic skills to compile a simple blog or journal, can research, transfer ideas from other media with regards to plagiarism and copyright laws.

While creating this article I found it difficult to write a reflective paper in the formal format and keep it out of the first person.

This article was taken directly from https://youtu.be/dCBZc-51trg 

Week 6 - Final Presentation, Building an Online Course: Reflections on Theory and Practice – Final

Phillip Conrad, EDU 609 Online Teaching Internship, Instructor: Michelle Warn

The course of design is located at; https://preview-learn.blackboard.com/ultra/courses/_199812_1/cl/outline

Blogs can be located @ https://pwc330journal.blogspot.com/

References and Recourses

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/understanding-by-design/

https://www.educationnext.org/the-flipped-classroom/

http://wenger-trayner.com/resources/what-is-a-community-of-practice/

https://www.lifewire.com/curate-content-on-your-blog-3476847

https://byotnetwork.com/2017/01/09/curation-for-digital-learning/

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/educational-strategies/universal-design-for-learning-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

All Gifs were collected from GOOGLE images.

Five easy ways to show respect an gratitude for others

Bastian B. (2011) “5 Easy Ways to Show People Respect and Gratitude”

                                    Listen

I know it sounds easy, but listening–truly listening–can be one of the hardest skills to master. If you want a person to know you respect him or her, then tune into what that person is saying.  Look them in the eye, put down your cell phone, and offer feedback when necessary.  Everyone appreciates the person who willing listens to them and shows genuine interest in what they have to say.

                              Encourage

If you’ve ever had a bad day, then you know the power a little encouragement can have. We’ve all had moments when we need someone to tell us, “don’t worry, things will work out.” It might not seem like much at the time, but that person will remember that you took the time and interest in their feelings and well-being. A smile and uplifting word can truly brighten someone’s day.

                                 Congratulate

If someone does a great job, let them know about it. In fact, let everyone know about it. Openly congratulate someone for a job well done, especially if you’re a manager.  Employees will work harder and happier knowing their manager has a mutual respect for them and is willing to express praise and gratitude when it’s deserved.

                                Be Helpful

If you find a friend or coworker in a jam, be willing to help them if at possible. Not to say you should take on half their project, but offering some advice or throwing in a bit of your time will mean a lot. If that friend or coworker has helped you in the past, then returning the favor will be a nice way to show both your respect and gratitude.

Say Thank You

I’m sure this one seems like common sense, but many people just forget to say thank you or at least forget how to say it with sincerity. A thank you can be as small as two words or as much as buying someone a gift; nevertheless, if the action is not done with 100% sincerity then it is wasted.  Make sure people know you appreciate them and their actions.  Simply saying it in front of someone else can make a big impact.          

Week 4 - The Importance of Iteration

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ITERATIVE DESIGN. Has and is seen as a life cycle similar to the diagram below.

“In some schools of pedagogy, iterations are used to describe the process of teaching or guiding students to repeat experiments, assessments, or projects, until more accurate results are found, or the student has mastered the technical skill. This idea is found in the adage, "Practice makes perfect." In particular, "iterative" is defined as the "process of learning and development that involves cyclical inquiry, enabling multiple opportunities for people to revisit ideas and critically reflect on their implication."

Unlike computing and math, educational iterations are not predetermined; instead, the task is repeated until success according to some external criteria (often a test) is achieved.

Gray, C. (2018)

http://colingray.me/practice/philosophy/

                                                    

http://hciresearch4.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/M-HCI/2011/GE-Cardiology/images/iterative_design.png

 Course design learners might be encouraged to repeat a science project with several sets of parameters in attempts to gain new results and stimulate thinking, or concept continually seeking improvement on a design. This continuation of improvement starts with a framework (idea) and moves forward the design process of developing something tangible (Prototype) all the parts gathered you build and send your model to test learners allowing them to run your prototype see how it works basically kick the tires and press all the buttons. You gather all the results and start from the front of the cycle your idea challenged and tested how did it perform? What needs to be polished and or changed then you go back to your prototype and restructure and make your adjustment and send what you have constructed on to be tested again. This cycle or iteration might need to repeat before it moves into the hands of trainers, professors to put before a set of learners.  Even when in practice especially with online learners there should be a post-survey to evaluate not only the instructor’s delivery but how the course itself held up.  The science teacher when having learners adjust their projects they also will be examining not only the results but how effective the given parameters made the project change but stimulated their thinking.

As in the science project, you cannot just toss variables and parameters at your learners you need to be sure they understand the who, what, when, where and why of tools of their design.  Such as how the online learners need to understand how to follow your course from start to finish. It seems the literacy process moves in mysterious ways, We agree it has a life cycle but it has to explain

http://www.technologystudent.com/despro_flsh/iterative1.html

                 

https://knowledgeplus.nejm.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/design-thinking-image.jpg

    As a health professional, you should be used to iterations in the use of procedures and teaching and learning those procedures, even when you think its taught, leaned designed it still needs rethinking and tweaked.  We all know that new discoveries in medicine are found and created daily so iteration is and should be a way of life in the medical field.

References

Lennox, L., Doyle, C., Reed, J. E., & Bell, D. (2017). What makes a sustainability tool valuable, practical and useful in real-world healthcare practice? A mixed-methods study on the development of the long term success tool in northwest london. BMJ Open, 7(9) doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014417

Week 2 - Learning Activity 1

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Online Course and Instructional Components

    In this blog, we will be taking a simple look at “Online learning” course and content expectations” the expectations should provide a productive learning experience as well aid learners to develop comments and questions for the F2F (face to face) class times.  The importance of this blog is to make aware that online learning is not just a bump of information and the teachers become obscure.  Thus, the title “Blended Learning/hybrid” the learning needs to offer the learner the opportunity to interact F2F if they need further explanations or have directive questions. (NA)¹ 

The learning objectives are specific statements which plainly describe the outcome of the learning events. (NA)¹

    Research describes the “learning objectives” are; specific, observable and measurable outcomes. (NA)1 The outcomes of the product are the overall learning experience enables the learner to express what they are able to do as a result of the learning activities (output) (NA)¹

The markers are simply markers to gage and measure the progress of advancement toward achieving the main goal (NA)¹

    Web-based learning has mostly an open end of flowing information, you could say limited only by the user.  Online learners depending on age might find it distracting (shiny things) popups, chats, multimedia, in the controls of the classroom these distractions can be blocked out, at home, it is up to the parent to monitor and maintain safe browsing habits.1.        Kiddle – Visual Search Engine for Kids 2.        KidRex 3.        Maxthon Kid-Safe Browser 4.        KidSplorer Web Browser 5.        KidzSearchParents can find more on the site these few were found at;  Maketecheasier.com If I was to be teaching A blended / Hybrid / flipped classrooms. I would think the options of the learning outcomes would be utilized weekly bi-weekly and or at the conclusion of each teaching module. 

    This could be done in the way of survey for learners and even parents observations of the online time.  A couple of examples on most commonly used would be basic math for grade appropriate and foreign languages. 

   Teaching “Self-Assessments” to all grades as not only an aid to teachers but also a learning tool for aligning learners for the future.  Each of the learning objectives as with self-assessment each is a discipline as well a structure for learning to keep in view of values and learning mission goals. As teachers/advisors / and faculty should always be pointing our learners forwards to their future.

    As technology evolves we as teachers and school systems need to evolve like.  If the system stops then our learners suffer without the tools they need to move on and become a well informed and sellable employee in the future.  The area of technology changes almost daily keeping up is a challenge and costly but school systems still need to do what5 they can to put this information in their hand, the hands of the future, this not only applies to K-12 but undergrads and grad learners across all ages. 

                                                                       PART 2

    My blogging experiences are what most every seasoned blogger write about and that is how it all begins. Honestly, I find blogging extremely frustrating and stressful.  The continuous searching for the best wording so your blog can be found easily and so on this all makes me weary.  To me, a blog needs to be where I just sit and type my mind’s eye of course if it was to be presented formally or as a lesson to be taught that would be more formal and need structure. The post I developed basically come from the perspective of keeping children safe while in the online course, helping parents learn to keep their children safe and yet keeps the learners in the game and ready for the F2F classroom.  That all said here is a blogger that offers a great way to approach your blog BloggerSidekick.com.

References

[1]No Author noted (NA) and no date (ND)“Components of learning objectives” The Peak Performance Center. http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/business/learning/business-training/learning-objectives/components-learning-objectives/

[2]No Author (NA) and no date (ND) “Eberly Center, Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation”. Carnegie Mellon University. https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/learningobjectives.html

Images collected from GOOGLE. 

EDU 697 / Week 1 - Discussion

ProQuest    

Article to review,

Longman, S., & Gabriel, M. (2004). Staff perceptions of E-learning: A community care access centre looks at current practices and approaches to better meet individual learners' needs and the educational and fiscal needs of the organization. The Canadian Nurse, 100(1), 23-27. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/docview/232081018?accountid=32521

 (Links to an external site.)

Links to an external site.

    I choose this article because it fits in one of my main interests in HR and that is the way the organization is trained, and the information is delivered.  The basis of the article was to survey in an attempt to discover learner’s perspective on E-learning.  The organization in conducting such surveys not only learns how staff learns online but who are learning online.  This data can be used to modify E-learning programs and methods of delivery to keep competitive with other organizations and UpToDate with new procedures.  Keeping learners and staff informed and offering new methods of learning has proven to be approved even by some skeptics.  The organizational learning systems do still present some distractions such as programming issues and content delivery but overall learners who were interviewed liked the self-paced learning and most encouraged for the delivery to be available online any place the staff wishes to log in most stated they would like to be at home and complete learning, eliminating distractions.  The options of E-learning offers a wide-open selection of how the organization delivers information and engages staff while encouraging learners to remain engaged in the E-learning processes.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Phil C

EDU 697 Week 1 - Post Your Introduction

Phil C.

Intro media; https://youtu.be/9VKXyN6Ints

  Mark Twain quote: “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

I wanted to just see what other people had to say about this statement, what I found was almost all people had a similar reflection on it. I think it simply interprets as no matter what level of education you obtain should not keep you from gaining real-life education. Those of us who went through life first and now are in school some say have the advantages of knowing and learning from life, some just dismiss us yet to realize later “oh that old guy told me this a few years ago and he was spot on.” Not to dismiss education but teaching learners application is missing in today’s systems. Real life events are going to teach you something whether you want it too or not to be open to learning where it comes from. (School of hard knocks and bruises.) from an old guy. 

In further to Mark Twain, when you read the story of Huckleberry Finn, there are many encrypted morals.  one could read his choice to leave with his mentor JIM huck proclaimed "Alright, then, I'll go to hell,"  this shows how huck is willing to sacrifice his ticket to heaven in order to help Jim gain freedom.  In doing this he is in his way renouncing slavery and going against his formal education to do what he believes is correct.  His choice in helping free the slave and override what he had been taught was correct for him.  The lesson is in part dismissing racism for humanity and learning to think for yourself and yet still not dismissing formal education, but that the two real-life experiences simply enhance that formal education.

In school, learners should retain what we are instructed to help us grow our person, not just to be standard and get straight A's. When the education system is damaged, we must not let it get in the way of our learning of how to be a decent human being.

WK3 - 1

                                                   Facebook        Privacy

  This is a very common mistake made by many people they do not follow the directions or warning on privacy embedded within Facebook.  The next thing people forget is that if its written-on line it’s going to be found one way or another and forget discursion.  There does need to be a disciplinary process in place other than just direct termination for this impish style of comment and asked if you are not happy at this school maybe you need to move on.  I feel this action was harsh if you read the prompt to this course and the article you will notice the teacher did not single out or mention any students but however the issue is with the school and the system structure. As I said before if you’re not happy move on.¹

  This situation recently occurred here in Gainsville FL where a city police officer voiced an opinion on Facebook and was found by superiors, the officers reportedly had committed such a violation on one other occasion and was suspended then returned to work several weeks later.  The next year he repeated the same violation again only to be discovered again and this time was terminated.  First off I think of learning fire burns first time is shame on you the second time that well we get the point.  Facebook, Twitter are not labeled social media for no reason.

Just as with health care providers, nurses, technicians, and all who have contact with clients have laws and rules to follow about speaking out and disclosure.   This comment was relatively benign and only demonstrated the teacher's displeasure with the school and system employer and yet we have a right to opinions but there are a place and time and this person choose poorly and yes with this information the school overreacted on a first offense. 

  Example? Not very good as teachers we are supposed to be teaching learners how to be responsible online and use smart thinking, to me this would be a good time to present a presentation to learners on the error made and how learners can learn from this indiscretion.   Taking a negative and turning it into not only a positive but a learning experience for students and other teachers.

  Privacy online is the rights of all people and yes we deserve it, but as stated before nothing online can be 100% secured or private.  There are ways to keep both professional and private apart easily and should be strongly encouraged with by using the same tactics as authors “pen names” this use provides a layer of added privacy and security, you still need to be smart and use discretion and simply keep yourself in check.

  Use this phrase in a search engine such as Google and check out the list of reported indiscretions.  I am not picking on police please do not get that I love our law enforcement and first responders but wow they need to be a little more discreet. I even typed in, Teachers terminated for comments on social media? the lists are astounding.

Check you're settings.

References

¹ Assignment comment;In this particular case, a teacher made a comment on Facebook about a student in her class that was meant for her friends but seen publicly (including by students)https://ashford.instructure.com/courses/33248/discussion_topics/923725?module_item_id=1686395

Article statement;The unidentified teacher, who teaches at Thomasboro Elementary School, which has 94 percent of its students in the free lunch program, wrote in her Facebook page, "I am teaching in the most ghetto school in Charlotte."file:///C:/Users/conra/OneDrive/Desktop/Schaffhauser,%20D.%20(2008).%20Suspended%20Teacher%20in%20Facebook%20Incident%20Ignites%20Debate.pdf

FindLaw.com “Teachers and Social Media: Rights and Responsibilities.” https://education.findlaw.com/teachers-rights/teachers-and-social-media-rights-and-responsibilities.html

Buttler, S. (2018) “Orlando police officers can now be fired for what they say on social media” https://www.wftv.com/news/local/orlando-police-officers-can-now-be-fired-for-what-they-say-on-social-media/803943879