9/4 (Tuesday) 9:30-10:45: Designing from Values
Location: duPont 310
Homework:
- If you do not already have a UMW Blogs account, sign up for one; email Martha with your username.
- Share your initial thoughts/reflections on the OLI site. In particular, follow-up on Tuesday’s conversation about liberal arts values. Which values resonated the most with you?
- Read An absolutely riveting online course: Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching (Henry, Meadows; 2008)
9/20 (Thursday) 9:30-10:45: 2011-2012 Cohort Representatives (Och, Szulczewski)
Location: Makerspace, Simpson 225A
Homework:
- Pick 2-3 of the values identified by cohort members last week, and write very brief definitions of how you think they might be interpreted within the context of a liberal arts teaching environment. You can find the list (as well as last year’s value definitions, to serve as a model, here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gdGgqEvXMVB1t0LKeMm2bq7C7c1RfQLtqNnbcKmxUQI/edit)
- Second, we have a few additional articles about online learning that we’d like you to review for the meeting. As you may or may not have heard online learning has been all the rage these last few months. In particular the idea of Massive Open Online Courses (a.k.a. MOOCs). Below we have linked to a few readings on the topic. The first is an overview of online pedagogies over the last three decades to provide an overview for anyone who is interested: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/890
- In terms of MOOCs, this journal article traces the recent exploration of the MOOC and its various manifestations: http://www.eurodl.org/?article=516
- Additionally, this short blog post by Bon Stewart frames the thinking behind cMOOCs and xMOOCs in an Inside Higher Ed article:http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/university-venus/slouching-towards-bethlehem-unpacking-mooc-buzzword#ixzz27Ug956xo
- And finally, this short piece on the implications of the Cal State system outsourcing its online education to Pearson—one of the dangers of the vision at the heart of outsourcing online education. Bottom line, is higher ed outsourcing expertise, and by extension its very raison d’être.http://www.tonybates.ca/2012/08/22/california-state-university-partners-with-pearson-for-system-wide-online-program/
10/2 (Tuesday) 9:30-10:45: The State of Online Learning
Location: Makerspace, Simpson 225A
Homework:
- Complete the Teaching Perspectives Inventory survey (introduced by Mary during Tuesday’s meeting) and write up a blog post on the OLI site outlining your results and your reaction to them.
- Write a post on the OLI site in which you map out an assignment for the course you will be teaching that considers the role of the web in framing your course. Regardless of any specific tools/technologies that we’ve discussed so far, how do you think such an assignment might work as part of your course?
10/18 (Thursday) 9:30-10:45: Planning your Course
Location: Makerspace, Simpson 225A
10/30 (Tuesday) 9:30-10:45: Integrating the Social
11/15 (Thursday) 9:30-1045: Working with New Media
