Task: Review and critically evaluate one of your own existing learning activities in your teaching practice, for the purposes of identifying where new online learning strategies could be used to improve the learning and teaching experience.

Assignment 2aLearning to Teach Online MOOC

Context

Current PD offerings

Focus: one existing PD workshop

Topic: eLearning for student engagementLength: 2.5 hoursLearning outcomes: not explicitDelivery: learner-centred ie focused on teachers' classroom experiences, responsive to their needsOnline content/delivery: none

Workshop context

Mode: face to face

Place: used to be in

computer lab but now in classroom with laptops and iPads available for use

Led by academic advisor with specialty in

eLearning

Content: responsive to

teachers' needs and

queries

So, what's the problem?

empty

chairs...

Over the last year, only one

person has enrolled for

this workshop each semester.

Both attendees work in a

support role. Something is not working for teaching

staff!

What to change? Click to see proposed changes Teachers may see the

topic as too generic? Need a topic that is both interesting AND relevant to all.

Topic: eLearning for student engagement

Length: 2.5 hours

Learning outcomes: not explicit

Delivery: learner-centred - focused on teachers' classroom experiences - responsive to their needs

Online content/delivery: none

Too much time commitment in a busy week? Reduce f2f time.

Give specific outcomes

Include online component so teachers can experience learning online

Keep this focus

Reasons for changes?

Now read Assignment 2b, which details how this workshop would benefit from an online component, and gives justification for making changes based on the literature, on input and discussions in this MOOC and on my personal teaching experience.

Assignment 2b also details four tasks which will inform Assignment 3.