How do we know what they know?

This is the final content module of the eLearning Course Design Workshop.This module will help you consider how you will assess your students to determine if they have mastered the learning objectives you set forth for the course. While the Assessment tool in WebCT just relates to exams and quizzes, there is a whole wide world of ways to assess your student's learning. From project based learning to service learning to using technology in creative expression, you can make sure students are learning in creative ways that will help them become masters of the content. You can also use the assessment results to further improve your course.

So what is next? Once you complete the activities for Module Nine, you will focus on perfecting your course. Review the UCOnline Course Quality rubric again looking for the places where your course needs improvement. Add discussions. Add content. While we encourage you to be creative and add challenging content, some of that "icing on the cake" may need to take a back seat while your finish developing the core of your course. You have about eight weeks until your course will be opened for peer review.

The remaining Module 10 is the peer review. We will assign your peer review partners at the beginning of August. So congratulations on nearly finishing the coursework. Now get busy finishing up that course!

Andrea and Tracy

Let's talk!

What a fantastic group of faculty we have in this workshop! You are all keeping up and showing great progress in your course shells. This module is about communication. It is easy to take for granted the amount of information we share with students in the traditional classroom. Those before and after class conversations, the discussions that evolve during class and the details we normally provide about special projects and assignments. The same information must be shared in the online classroom. We will specifically address the crucial information students need to get started in an online course and talk about several communication tools.

Let's not forget about the importance of adding your personality to the online course. We talked about several ways you can use multimedia tools to reflect your personality in the second group meeting. What appeals to you? A simple html page such as Notes from Dr.....? A weekly blog such as the Designovations? A quick video using your webcam? A podcast using the Wimba Podcaster tool? A green screen video?

NOTE: The green screen mini session is scheduled for July 7. Watch the design workshop email this week for a signup sheet (to select specific recording times) and more information.


Additional Communication Tools

Voice Thread for educators: http://ed.voicethread.com/

UCO Broncho Blogs: Quick Guide http://www.uco.edu/technology/trc/guides/blogs-wikis/Blogs-Quick%20Guide.pdf

Blogger (free) http://www.blogger.com/

Twitter (free) http://www.twitter.com/

pbWorks (free and paid) http://www.pbworks.com/

Social Media/Networks
• Ning (free) http://www.ning.com/
• Facebook (free) http://www.facebook.com/
• Delicious social bookmarking (free) http://www.delicious.com/
• Flicker (free) http://www.flicker.com/
• MindMeister-Mind Map (free) http://www.mindmeister.com/

Video Sharing
• Youtube EDU (free) http://www.youtube.com/edu
• Teacher Tube (free) http://www.teachertube.com/