Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Facilitating Online Learning - Week 4

With my teaching experiences so far, almost all of my lessons have been teacher centered. Now, that being said, I have not taught in over 10 years. Technology was different back in 1998. I would certainly do things differently now. At the time, the only student centered lesson revolved around students creating their own music on a computer and keyboard. Even that process has changed.

While working on this module I am finding the authentic assessments to be the hardest part. I do understand the concept but am having some difficulty applying it to my lesson.

I am also finalizing my discussion points for next week. I am still nervous about not having enough material to cover the time. I am hoping my prompts are good enough to generate some really good discussion.

1 comment:

  1. Go into your facilitation experiences with open heart and an open mind. Know that we are here to learn and make mistakes.

    As you continue to develop your discussion questions, focus on higher order questioning strategies. Evaluation type questions generally work extremely well.

    - What is your opinion of . . . ?

    - How could you determine . . . ?

    - Why was it better that . . . ?

    - What would you recommend . . . ?

    - How would you justify . . . ?

    - Based on what you know, how would you explain . . . ?

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