Topic 4: the
tree of knowledge,
Design for
online and blended learning is a complicated and massive topic. It is important
to start at the roots with Social presence, cognitive presence and teaching
presence. Together they form the Educational experience (Vaughan et al 2013). You then need
to add scaffolding and pedagogical support and you will have made your own
online course. In our groups presentation we formed our thoughts into a three. Our three of knowledge: https://prezi.com/xinnbjo4gctf (and
se picture below)
I think
this was the first time we worked together at community level right from the
start, producing the tree of knowledge together both synchronously and asynchronously.
I am proud of what we achieved and I hope
to support a similar group-work experience with my own students.
There are
many models for designing online-courses. One of them is the five-stage-model (Salmon
2013) another one is Addie (jclarkgardner 2011). The models help incorporate the
theory into practice and can be a comfort for teachers designing the first
online course. It can be a massive task, but in the end it is important to
start up with what would you like the students to learn, before you plan the activities
involving the specific learning outcomes. In blended learning you have learning
activities both online and on campus and it’s important to plan carefully so
that they interact in a fruitful way. If you then follow the five stage model (Salmon
2013) you first make sure that your students can access everything and keep
them motivated. At this stage you can give them access to the teaching-platform,
you send a welcome message, you have clear
instructions on how to connect and get access to everything. You also need to
motivate them. In the second stage it is time to add teambuilding activities. You
should not try to teach them anything course specific yet, it is more important
that they introduce themselves; you discuss the structure and the rules of
conduct for group work and for participating in the course. At stage three it
is time to start with the learning activities and the focus is more on
information exchange, this gradually moves up to stage four where the students
work actively to construct new knowledge and stage five when it’s time to
reflect on your own learning. This model is simple but you can add a lot of activities
in to it to be sure that you provide the educational experience you want to
your students.
References:
Vaughan, N. D., Cleveland-Innes, M., & Garrison,
D. R. (2013). Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and
sustaining communities of inquiry. Edmonton: AU Press. Chapter 1
“Conceptual framework”.
jclarkgardner (2011, June 11) ADDIE Model Instructional
Strategies [YouTube videos playlist]
(2011, June 11) ADDIE Model Instructional
Strategies [YouTube videos playlist]
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