Qs Learning Stories - April 30 Lessons Learned

Our last Learning Stories Luncheon with 2007 CDI Fellows has come and gone. Over 40 faculty and staff attended and we got to most of their questions except the following two for Adisa:

He talked about students’ dislike of the online essay (vs. attending class) assignment and a question was raised:

Is it possible students’ dislike has more to do with the essay than it being online? Any thoughts about different online activities that might be more interactive or engaging?
Do you think students would like online essay questions if they had greater flexibility? Not only between 9-12? Keep the 50 minute limit but extend the window where students can access.

Learning Stories - Chapter 3 Moral of the Story, Lessons Learned,Resurrection in the Next Semester

Our last learning stories luncheon is on Wed, April 30 11:30-1:00, in the Faculty Staff Club. The following fellows with be sharing their stories:

Kurt Lindemann, Val Renegar and Brian Spitzberg - Communication

Patricia Geist-Martin - Communication

Adisa Alkebulan - Africana Studies

Hope to see you there, for the last chapter this semester!

Suzanne

March 25th Learning Stories Videos up on YouTube

You can find them here. I’ve also added PowerPoint presentations from 2005/6 Fellows to our Slideshare. There’s a wall of the slides. I’m not sure “wall” is the right term, now that I’m Facebooking . There are walls and super walls and I don’t know exactly what they’re about. Anyway, nothing more to report. The videos are in two parts (They can only be 10 minutes long on YouTube).

Qs Learning Stories Risks/Rewards

Larry Beck, Chad Harris and Jacki Leak each answered audience questions about their course designs. We didn’t get to all the questions so here are some more.

For everyone

Has anyone really figured out how to do online exams?
Have any of you used the jigsaw technique? If so, what were the results?
What about your workload? Preparing/reviewing and managing for both class and web-based class?

For Larry and Jacki,

What is a WebQuest?

For Larry:

How do you actually prepare and give lectures for Captivate? How long did it take?
How complex was this information presented in Captivate? Was the content the same or different from your f2f lecture?

For Chad

What about the “audience effect” associated with the quality of student work on the wiki?
What about the extended shelf life of work posted on the wiki?
What level of technological sophistication do students need to have to use Wikispaces?
How do you address the “unfiltered” nature of material posted on the Wiki? At what point do you discuss/analyze?

For Jackie