Monthly Archives: August 2012

Reflection 08/27/12-08/31/12


Accomplishments:

  • Prof Dev
    • Here is a reflection that I did on another one of Donald Clarke’s blogs on educational philosophers: https://sites.psu.edu/rep129blog/2012/08/30/reflection-on-locke/
    • Signed up and started a massive open online course (MOOC) through coursera
      • 1st impressions are that I like the interface and the concept seems doable.
      • The videos are talking head to start the course. I need more evaluation to make sure I’m getting it. Addendum – There are some quizzes, but they didn’t pop up while I was in FireFox. They work in Chrome, so I plan to do the rest of the course in Chrome.
      • Took the homework quiz after doing half of the course to see what I learned since I already had complete some of the course. 3.75/5.00, but I’m taking the course to learn, not the grade. Addendum – Over night, the score changed b/c of difference in grading algorithm to 4.25. We have 100 attempts possible, but you receive an effective grade which is the average of your scores. 
      • Discussion forums are so large and unmanageable. It’s important to have a cohort of people to make the process of learning more within a reasonable scope. Here is a screen shot of what Kent and I saw in the forums:

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  • Fall ’12
  • Courses
    • ANGEL had a huge issue on 8/27 in the evening
    • IST 110 Sec 003
      • Start date was off
      • Request to update the Course Project Document b/c of inconsistent info 4-6 v 5-7
    • IST 110 Sec 004
      • Submitted a survey for an Elive room for this course
    • IST 210 Sec 002
      • Had to replace elive survey b/c instructor inputted info in editor mode instead of previewing as a student
    • IST 240
      • Received materials on 8/27 to update course
        • Participation 1-3 – updated 8/27
        • Assignment 5 – updated 8/27
        • Assignment 6 – updated 8/27
    • IST 250 Sec 001
      • Received a note about an item to fix on 8/28 – fixed on 8/28
    • IST 250 Sec 002
      • Received a note that the pdf link didn’t work on 8/27
      • Look more closely at this and Amy sent a note to IT to fix on 8/28 and it was determined and students fixed on 8/28
    • IST 260W
      • Same issue as 250 with pdf
      • Sent a printer-friendly link to student to take care of this for the time being
    • IST 301
      • Helped fix a syllabus issue. In the tab settings there was a link for the syllabus in drupal, but instructor wanted to upload a file instead
    • IST 302
      • WC Helpdesk asked to have an End Date updated
      • Had some back and forth about this
      • Note to WC Helpdesk about an ANGEL issue
      • Provided assistance with a resident course
    • IST 420
      • Fixed an issue with a discussion forum not allow students to make new posts
      • Also helped instructor to change to an advanced user under the ANGEL profile
    • IST 440W
      • Helped instructor to get info about how to set up an Elive room
  • Fall ’12 revisions/developments
    • IST 420 (Ocker)
        • Need to meet to discuss after the 27th about next steps
    • IST 402 (Saab)
        • Had meeting on 8/27with David
          • David and I went over the mind map that he had put together
          • David will keep working on building content
          • Set up meeting with Chris Stubbs and Brett Bixler about gamification of the course for Friday, September 21 from 10 AM to Noon at the IST Building
          • After gamify meeting, we will meet every 1 or 2 weeks using skype or google hangouts.
  • Spring ’13 Course Prep – Need to map out on my outlook calendar courses to work on so that I’m done by the first week in December
    • IST 110
      • Sec 001
    • IST 111S
      • Sec 001
    • IST 210
      • Sec 001
    • IST 220
      • Sec 001
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001
    • IST 240
      • Sec 001
    • IST 250
      • Sec 001
    • IST 260W
      • Sec 001
    • IST 295A
      • Sec 001
    • IST 301
      • Sec 001
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001
    • IST 402 TIE-
      • Sec 001
    • IST 421
      • Sec 001
    • IST 440W
      • Sec 001
    • IST 495
      • Sec 001

Ongoing Projects:

    • Created google spreadsheet for Spring ’13 

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • None

Back Burner:

    • Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee

Days off / Conferences:

  • August 1 Wikispaces
  • August 2, 3 Acting
  • August 7-10 Madison Conference
  • August 20 Vacation
  • August 21 Vacation
  • August 27- October 5 Gamification MOOC
  • September 19 Educational Brown Bag
  • September 20 MS-Office Training for Accessiblity
  • Nov 1 AM Sick time for Dental Appt

Reflection on Locke

It’s really been on my mind to do some more reading and reflecting on the Clark blog. Here are my reflections on the blog on Locke:

Quote: “…learner must not be coerced nor learn when they are not in the right frame of mind,…
Reflection: This type of approach seems to me to be appropriate for the adult learner since most adult learners are taking courses voluntarily and will make . It’s important to not generalize too much with this. Many adult learners take courses because getting a degree is a means to an end. Either way, it’s important to make sure that they understand why they are learning for them to be successful.

Quote: He recommends educational methods that focus on example and practice, rather than the teaching of information and principles,not learning that matters, but the establishment of good learning habits….repeated practice that reinforces these behaviours so they become instinctive, through the use of the concrete rather than the abstract.”
Reflection: Application is a higher-order way of thinking (Bloom’s Taxonomy). It makes so much sense to apply for at the least to help learners have some context.

Quote: “…everyone should learn a manual skill, such as carpentry,
Reflection: I’ve been thinking about how important it is to learn a skill and practice the skill. I’ve been looking at it from a practical perspective, but I can see how it can be a way for an individual to relax.

Quote: “The arts, like Plato, he regarded as either useless or dangerous.
Reflection: Interesting how this thought continues to recycle and recycle throughout history. I like to think of the arts like skill, an outlet for many.

Quote: He does not recommend schoolSchools, he thought, merely perpetuate bad company and bad habits of behaviour.
Reflection: I have mixed feelings on this because I can see how this might happen, but I feel that schools represent the society that creates them. If a society values school and creating enlightened individuals, schools will follow suit. I have a feeling that France in Locke’s time may have caused him to feel this way.

Quote: “…Locke recommends travel, not at 16-20 (the gap year norm) but either before this age, to acquire a language, or after when one can truly appreciate the difference between your own and another culture.
Reflection: This surprises me. I would expect Locke to be more of a French-centric sort. It makes sense to allow students to travel, but I’m not sure if this practical even with the improvements that we’ve made in travel.

Reflection 08/20/12-08/24/12


Accomplishments:

  • Summer ’12 revisions/developments
    • IST 420 (Ocker)
        • Met with Rosalie on Monday 7/9 at 11 AM
          • Rosalie has most of the course built out on paper
          • I will be putting together pdf’s of reading and embedding youtube vids
          • Touched base with Rosalie and will meet to discuss after the 27th
    • IST 402 (Saab)
        • Next meeting 8/27
          • Set up meeting with Chris Stubbs and Brett Bixler about gamification of the course for Friday, September 21 from 10 AM to Noon at the IST Building
  • Fall ’12 Course Prep – mapped out on my outlook calendar courses to work on so that I’m done before we head out to Madison
    • IST 110
      • Sec 001 – Completed; up to Jan and LA’s to complete
        • Copied Jan’s Spring ’12 section into the Fall ’12 space
        • Notified Jan, but didn’t receive word about how to proceed
        • Followed up and received request for deadline
          • Provided my thinking and overall schedule
          • We’ll reconvene on 8/15 to see if the 1st section is ready to populate section 002
          • Received a call on Tuesday that required me to point back to the plan that she proposed
            • Evident that no work had been done on the section from the call
          • Jan said in our meeting about 302 on 8/15 that I should move materials into section 002 from 001 in the am on 8/16
            • Finished the process around 9 AM and sent an email
            • Updated both peer evals in sec 001 and 002
      • Sec 002 – Completed; up to Jan and LA’s to complete
        • Plan is to fix section 001, then copy into section 002 – Done 8/16/12
      • Sec 003- Completed
        • Copied master course section into the space
        • Met and oriented Marcela to online 110
        • Another meeting on 8/14
          • fixed a course announcement
      • Sec 004 – Completed
        • Pilot for Mobile in ANGEL
        • Populated and adjusted

    • IST 111S
      • Sec 001- Completed
        • Still awaiting feedback, but it is set from what I can see
        • Populated and set up the space on 6/11
    • IST 210 Put dates on my calendar for sending notes for roster to IST Helpdesk (1 week b4 -done 8/17, end of 1st week, and after drop/add date)
      • Sec 001
        • Contacted Gary about waiting until after the semester to populate 210 for Fall ’12
        • He thought that after the last assessment would work best (backed up to August 17)
        • I placed a task on my calendar to take care of this on August 6 17
        • Met with Gary and Mike on 8/14.
        • Updated course schedule. Here is a gliffy diagram that I made to help me: http://www.gliffy.com/go/publish/3799259/
        • Completed the course for Fall ’12
      • Sec 002
        • Completed the course for Fall ’12
    • IST 220 Backed up populating this until Mid July so that Lisa can make necessary adjustments. Received plan from Lisa B about making adjustments to the course. Replied with a plan that cuts down on the activity level. Updated the dev space and sent Lisa a note to finalize this course. Need to create a short screenr for 1st week of the course. Created and awaiting final approval. Sent a note on 8/1 to Lisa and Abbi with Rob cced about progress on fixes for Fall ’12. Put dates on my calendar for sending notes for roster to IST Helpdesk (1 week b4 – done, end of 1st week, and after drop/add date). Met on 8/22 to talk about the course. Made adjustments on 8/23 based upon the meeting. Populated Fall ’12 spaces on 8/24.
      • Sec 001
        • completed 8/24
      • Sec 002
        • completed 8/24
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 – completed
        • We decided that it would be best to let Larry export and import for Fall ’12
          • He copied course instead of the export/import which meant the gradebook did not carry over. Talked him through the process for the future.
    • IST 240
      • Sec 001
        • Contacted Hal about copying Summer ’12 into the current course space
        • He asked for an adjustment to Lesson 05
          • I completed this
        • He would also like to make an adjustment to Assignment 6
          • I replied that I’d like to have it done by Thursday before I leave
          • He let me know this was possible
          • Received several notes on 6/20
          • Confirmed with Hal that all was set
          • He agreed, so I completed populating the space on 6/20 and contacted Hal
          • Talked to Hal briefly on 8/17. He plans to make a few adjustments and will contact me for any items that need to be adjusted from my end.
          • Received another note from Hal based upon feedback from this semester that he wanted the course to be adjusted again. I made adjustments that I could on 8/22. Awaiting for items to complete the adjustment.
    • IST 250 Amy S set up a meeting with Brett and Don for July 12. Made adjustments to the dev space. Received more feedback from Brett that I used to make more updates. Won’t populate space until after the meeting this week. Received more feedback, so awaiting still one more reply before moving forward. Got word from WC that we have a deaf student. Got a last minute item from Brett that I made adjustments on 8/22.
      • Sec 001
        • Completed
      • Sec 002
        • Completed
    • IST 260W
      • Sec 001
        • Contacted Jason about exporting Spring ’12 and importing to make adjustments for Fall ’12
        • He said it was a go, so I completed this course on 6/20
        • Checked the Fall ’12 space to see that it is updated with the correct syllabus
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001
        • Have access to the Fall ’12 space, so plan to populate with Jan’s materials from this summer
          • Sent Jan a note on 7/9
          • She requested that I wait until the end of the semester before populating the space since she is still making adjustments and will be until the end of the semester.
        • Met on August 15 to discuss items to change
          • Made changes and course is complete 8/16
    • IST 331 – Amy set up a meeting with Martin and Alan on July 12
      • Sec 001 – Completed 7/12
        • He responded and we had a meeting on 6/20 about items to complete
          • Replaced poor quality usability test video
            • Martin watched the current video and prepared a script of items to ask Ravi for the screen cast
            • Martin asked questions to Ravi while screenr is running
            • Since screenr can only record 5 minutes at a time, we gave each section a name describing briefly what is in the video
            • When the screenr’s were completed, Ravi uploaded to youtube and embed the videos into the course
          • We eliminated the team component to Individual Web and Library Information Resource Seeking Paper in Lesson 04
            • Instead this will be more of a peer review activity
          • Moved the course schedule to the Lessons tab
          • Replaced links on the syllabus to point to WC pages for greater stability
          • Eliminated the Assignment and Reading Assignment pages from the content to avoid having to edit several places
      • Sec 002 – Completed 7/12
        • Same as section 001 except for instructor info
    • IST 402 SMO
      • Sec 001
        • Copied Spring ’12 space into Rosalie section on 7/16
          • Sent Rosalie a note to do anything else to help with preparations
          • Looks like she may go with CATME for Fall ’12
    • IST 420 –
      • Met with John H on 6/19 to see if everything is okay to proceed
        • We found that we had more to do with the assessments
          • Redo midterm (fix question set names)
            • Need a pool of questions so that we can grab 10 questions from each question pool
              • Chapter 1
              • Chapter 3
              • Chapter 4
              • Chapter 5
              • Chapter 6
          • Redo final exam (fix question set names)
            • Need a pool of questions so that we can pull 50 questions (probably 7 from each chapter plus 1 of 8)
              • Chapter 7
              • Chapter 8
              • Chapter 9
              • Chapter 10
              • Chapter 11
              • Chapter 12
              • Chapter 13
      • John got back to me so I…
        • exported section 1, merged sections 1-3, import materials into merged section
      • Sec 001 (merged)
      • Sec 002 (merged)
      • Sec 003 (merged)
      • Merged section is completed
    • IST 440W Jim would like to have these sections merged. Made adjustments to the section and emailed Jim on 7/31.Responded with some ideas for the gradebook. Got back to him and need to make those adjustments when I get back from Madison. Sent another email and did not hear back from him by the end of the week. Got back from vaca to see that Jim had left me a message. We talked on 8/22 and I adjusted the section on 8/22. Awaiting a reply from him. Populated the space on 8/24.
      • Sec 001 (merged)
      • Sec 002 (merged)
      • Merged section completed
    • IST 495 Still haven’t heard back from Madhavi and Zoe about items to adjust. Uploaded the course into the Fall space and completed with a note to Madhavi if they wanted to make adjustments. Zoe and I made some adjustments that should be good for all.
      • Sec 001 completed

Ongoing Projects:

    • Updating google spreadsheet for Fall ’12 
    • Still working on the process of replacing links in Fall ’12 spaces for the syllabus
    • Working on Fall ’12 Courses listed above

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • None

Back Burner:

    • Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee

Days off / Conferences:

    • August 1 Wikispaces
    • August 2, 3 Acting
    • August 7-10 Madison Conference
    • August 20 Vacation
    • August 21 Vacation
    • Nov 1 AM Sick time for Dental Appt

Reflection 08/13/12-08/17/12


Accomplishments:

  • Summer ’12 courses running
    • IST 240
      • Unpublished Final Assessment 8/15
      • Debrief meeting for Friday 8/17 postponed until mid September
  • Summer ’12 revisions/developments
    • IST 420 (Ocker)
        • Met with Rosalie on Monday 7/9 at 11 AM
          • Rosalie has most of the course built out on paper
          • I will be putting together pdf’s of reading and embedding youtube vids
          • Touched base with Rosalie and will meet to discuss after the 27th
    • IST 402 (Saab)
        • Met 8/13
          • Solidifying the idea of using wikispaces for the course after being pointed out of ANGEL
          • Met with Amy G to discuss
          • In charge of embedding a few elements
            • Peggy figured out how to embed twitter feeds, google calendar
            • I did voicethread
              • Go to the page
              • Edit
              • Add widget
              • copy and paste url of voicethread
              • save
          • Next meeting 8/27
  • Fall ’12 Course Prep – mapped out on my outlook calendar courses to work on so that I’m done before we head out to Madison
    • IST 110
      • Sec 001 – Completed; up to Jan and LA’s to complete
        • Copied Jan’s Spring ’12 section into the Fall ’12 space
        • Notified Jan, but didn’t receive word about how to proceed
        • Followed up and received request for deadline
          • Provided my thinking and overall schedule
          • We’ll reconvene on 8/15 to see if the 1st section is ready to populate section 002
          • Received a call on Tuesday that required me to point back to the plan that she proposed
            • Evident that no work had been done on the section from the call
          • Jan said in our meeting about 302 on 8/15 that I should move materials into section 002 from 001 in the am on 8/16
            • Finished the process around 9 AM and sent an email
            • Updated both peer evals in sec 001 and 002
      • Sec 002 – Completed; up to Jan and LA’s to complete
        • Plan is to fix section 001, then copy into section 002 – Done 8/16/12
      • Sec 003- Completed
        • Copied master course section into the space
        • Met and oriented Marcela to online 110
        • Another meeting on 8/14
          • fixed a course announcement
      • Sec 004 – Completed
        • Pilot for Mobile in ANGEL
        • Populated and adjusted

    • IST 111S
      • Sec 001- Completed
        • Still awaiting feedback, but it is set from what I can see
        • Populated and set up the space on 6/11
    • IST 210 Put dates on my calendar for sending notes for roster to IST Helpdesk (1 week b4 -done 8/17, end of 1st week, and after drop/add date)
      • Sec 001
        • Contacted Gary about waiting until after the semester to populate 210 for Fall ’12
        • He thought that after the last assessment would work best (backed up to August 17)
        • I placed a task on my calendar to take care of this on August 6 17
        • Met with Gary and Mike on 8/14.
        • Updated course schedule. Here is a gliffy diagram that I made to help me: http://www.gliffy.com/go/publish/3799259/
        • Completed the course for Fall ’12
      • Sec 002
        • Completed the course for Fall ’12
    • IST 220 Backed up populating this until Mid July so that Lisa can make necessary adjustments. Received plan from Lisa B about making adjustments to the course. Replied with a plan that cuts down on the activity level. Updated the dev space and sent Lisa a note to finalize this course. Need to create a short screenr for 1st week of the course. Created and awaiting final approval. Sent a note on 8/1 to Lisa and Abbi with Rob cced about progress on fixes for Fall ’12. Put dates on my calendar for sending notes for roster to IST Helpdesk (1 week b4 – done, end of 1st week, and after drop/add date)
      • Sec 001
      • Sec 002
    • IST 230
      • Sec 001 – completed
        • We decided that it would be best to let Larry export and import for Fall ’12
          • He copied course instead of the export/import which meant the gradebook did not carry over. Talked him through the process for the future.
    • IST 240
      • Sec 001
        • Contacted Hal about copying Summer ’12 into the current course space
        • He asked for an adjustment to Lesson 05
          • I completed this
        • He would also like to make an adjustment to Assignment 6
          • I replied that I’d like to have it done by Thursday before I leave
          • He let me know this was possible
          • Received several notes on 6/20
          • Confirmed with Hal that all was set
          • He agreed, so I completed populating the space on 6/20 and contacted Hal
          • Talked to Hal briefly on 8/17. He plans to make a few adjustments and will contact me for any items that need to be adjusted from my end.
    • IST 250 Amy S set up a meeting with Brett and Don for July 12. Made adjustments to the dev space. Received more feedback from Brett that I used to make more updates. Won’t populate space until after the meeting this week. Received more feedback, so awaiting still one more reply before moving forward. Got word from WC that we have a deaf student.
      • Sec 001
        • Completed
      • Sec 002
        • Completed
    • IST 260W
      • Sec 001
        • Contacted Jason about exporting Spring ’12 and importing to make adjustments for Fall ’12
        • He said it was a go, so I completed this course on 6/20
    • IST 302
      • Sec 001
        • Have access to the Fall ’12 space, so plan to populate with Jan’s materials from this summer
          • Sent Jan a note on 7/9
          • She requested that I wait until the end of the semester before populating the space since she is still making adjustments and will be until the end of the semester.
        • Met on August 15 to discuss items to change
          • Made changes and course is complete 8/16
    • IST 331 – Amy set up a meeting with Martin and Alan on July 12
      • Sec 001 – Completed 7/12
        • He responded and we had a meeting on 6/20 about items to complete
          • Replaced poor quality usability test video
            • Martin watched the current video and prepared a script of items to ask Ravi for the screen cast
            • Martin asked questions to Ravi while screenr is running
            • Since screenr can only record 5 minutes at a time, we gave each section a name describing briefly what is in the video
            • When the screenr’s were completed, Ravi uploaded to youtube and embed the videos into the course
          • We eliminated the team component to Individual Web and Library Information Resource Seeking Paper in Lesson 04
            • Instead this will be more of a peer review activity
          • Moved the course schedule to the Lessons tab
          • Replaced links on the syllabus to point to WC pages for greater stability
          • Eliminated the Assignment and Reading Assignment pages from the content to avoid having to edit several places
      • Sec 002 – Completed 7/12
        • Same as section 001 except for instructor info
    • IST 402 SMO
      • Sec 001
        • Copied Spring ’12 space into Rosalie section on 7/16
          • Sent Rosalie a note to do anything else to help with preparations
    • IST 420 –
      • Met with John H on 6/19 to see if everything is okay to proceed
        • We found that we had more to do with the assessments
          • Redo midterm (fix question set names)
            • Need a pool of questions so that we can grab 10 questions from each question pool
              • Chapter 1
              • Chapter 3
              • Chapter 4
              • Chapter 5
              • Chapter 6
          • Redo final exam (fix question set names)
            • Need a pool of questions so that we can pull 50 questions (probably 7 from each chapter plus 1 of 8)
              • Chapter 7
              • Chapter 8
              • Chapter 9
              • Chapter 10
              • Chapter 11
              • Chapter 12
              • Chapter 13
      • John got back to me so I…
        • exported section 1, merged sections 1-3, import materials into merged section
      • Sec 001 (merged)
      • Sec 002 (merged)
      • Sec 003 (merged)
      • Merged section is completed
    • IST 440W Jim would like to have these sections merged. Made adjustments to the section and emailed Jim on 7/31.Responded with some ideas for the gradebook. Got back to him and need to make those adjustments when I get back from Madison. Sent another email and did not hear back from him by the end of the week.
      • Sec 001 (merged)
      • Sec 002 (merged)
      • Merged section
    • IST 495 Still haven’t heard back from Madhavi and Zoe about items to adjust. Uploaded the course into the Fall space and completed with a note to Madhavi if they wanted to make adjustments. Zoe and I made some adjustments that should be good for all.
      • Sec 001 completed

Ongoing Projects:

    • Updating google spreadsheet for Fall ’12 
    • Still working on the process of replacing links in Fall ’12 spaces for the syllabus
    • Working on Fall ’12 Courses listed above

Immediate Decisions / Issues:

    • None

Back Burner:

    • Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee

Days off / Conferences:

    • August 1 Wikispaces
    • August 2, 3 Acting
    • August 7-10 Madison Conference
    • August 20 Vacation
    • August 21 Vacation
    • Nov 1 AM Sick time for Dental Appt

Reflection 08/06/12-08/10/12

This was a different week for me since I had a conference in Madison to attend.

Monday – I spent the day finishing up the acting gig. That was a tough assignment. I didn’t realize how difficult it was to act natural. I’m far too dramatic to be an actor 🙂

amy_revel.JPGTuesday – Travel to Wisconsin for the conference. Everything went smoothly. Glad to have time to spend with Amy S and her better half, Revel. Worked on some items for courses that will run for Fall ’12 and peer eval issues.

Ate some Ethiopian and spent some time watching the sunset at the student center. Awesome ending of the day.

Wednesday – Signed up for two workshops for this day.

Creating and distributing content for mobile learning – Really great session about MASLO and how it can be used to create content for mobile. Wish that I knew earlier about needing adobe air and maslo installed. Had to do it on my macbook which has an old OS. Great discussion on what is mobile. This is such a moving target right now. The consensus was about phones and tablets. Interesting that laptops are leaving the conversation. Also a good point that connectivity is almost becoming a must for mobile. Not sure how this can be resolved with so many fighting for bandwidth.

Using mobile devices to support hybrid and online learning – Felt disappointed after this session. It wasn’t about mobile at all. It was about using different tools on the web to teach and manage courses. One of the presenters started the session by saying that prepping for the workshop was “agony.” Should have left at that point.

Worked a bit more on courses both for summer and fall throughout the day. Ate out at an Indian Restaurant. Bit of rain, but still had a chance to connect with attendees at the conference during a stroll down State Street.

Thursday – This was the day of my lightning session, so I was thinking about it all day. Glad to meet and talk to some new people and people that I had met previously. Good to catch up with Jan Davis who has a real heart to teaching and learning through video.

Keynote 1: The Art of Changing the Brain – This was good but a bit slow. It seemed that the presenter suffered from Parkinson’s.

Here are a few notes that I captured on my iphone

Brain to mind

Information becomes knowledge

Knowledge – understanding of information

Meaningful learning

Principal 1: use widespread regions of cortex

*A) motor(action)

B) integrating

(1) front region

(2) back region

C) sensing

2) two kinds of integration

A) back regions – making meaning of sensory info

*B) front regions – creating ideas, choices, predictions by intentional integration of pics, memories, & facts

4 pillars of learning – sci mthd

1) get info

2) make & discover meaning

3) hypothesize, predict

4) act-test

 

Principle 2: Knowledge is connections – discover & utilize existing ones.

Complexity & efficiency Network model – transformation of light from physical light to cognitive enlightenment

Cellular networks = knowledge

 

Principal 3 – tap into ancient brain

Emotion chemicals:

– adrenaline

-dopamine

-serotonin

produce branching

“The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.”

Dopamine paths – reward in the front?

Reward system & movement – are students “getting anywhere?” Am I making progress?

conclu_I5.JPGI-5 Isn’t online hard enough? Now you want group work too?

Lujean Baab, Assistant Director of Instructional Design, Development, and Support, Virginia Tech

Enjoyed this session since it was really hit the mark on issues with group work. It was a good reminder of the necessity of facilitating emotional students. Let them vent, justify feelings, and redirect.

When Lujean did random team generation, it was done via live session. I liked that transparent approach.

She used live tools and screen caps to scaffold in the course.

She penalized students who took control of team work.

The focus of the group work was on process.

UD.JPGI-14 Designing distance education for access and equity: Structure and content

Irene Duranczyk, Associate Professor, Postsecondary Teaching and Learning and Jeanne Higbee, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota

This session was about universal design. There were alot of good recommendations about how to make materials accessible. It was far too much for an information session. They used a prezi, but it was unnecessary since they treated the prezi like a ppt anyway. They also openly disagreed during the session which was uncomfortable. Bottom line is that this should have been a workshop, not an info session.

iPad.PNGI-26 iPad apps for utility and learning

Jean Haefner, Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stout and Joan Hanor, Professor, California State University San Marcos

Good duo. They did a nice job of going through apps and explaining where they apply. I downloaded the apps and need to investigate further. The one thing that I didn’t like was how they mentioned that this was for beginners. Wish this was in the description at the beginning.

Lightning Session

I got a chance to try my hand at this difficult task of explaining something in 10 minutes, using a timed ppt. I went too short at the beginning and too long at the end, but it must have been understandable because I had several questions when all were finished in my session. I talked about making accessible videos using free tools.

Did some more work in my room on courses and went out to an Afghan restaurant.

Friday

Meant to go to a few sessions but needed to make sure we were ready and in the room at the appropriate time in order to be ready. We were videoed and included as a part of the recordings for the conference. Here is the final prezi that we used: http://prezi.com/or0xc7nb6w7f/online-program-success-through-cross-unit-collaboration/. The session went really well. Kudos to both of my copresenters, Amy S and Gary H.

Keynote 2: Annual Conf on DT&L by Judy Brown

Awesome keynote that hit on the major theme of mobile. Here are a few notes.

1)Mobile

2)Learning

3)Today

4)Future

 

1) Mobile is…

-single most pervasive technology ever invented -fastest growing industry ever

 

Nomophobia- fear of being away from your device

 

Have to address mobile or u will disappear -phones -tablets

 

Healthcare & Language leading the way

NFL hands out iPad so they can wipe them

 

Connectivity is important

Access in pieces. Develop in pieces

 

2) Learning

Wesch- knowledgeable to knowledge-able

 

Learning Need

-1st time

-learn more

-remember*

-things change*

-something goes wrong*

 

Think Outside the Course

 

3) Today

Perishable knowledge should not be taught We’re just at the beginning of the Internet revolution – US gov’t

 

Ebbinghaus – spaced learning

 

Bring ppl together for smaller times over a longer span

 

Text4Baby.org

Team projects app

 

Snapguide

 

Coach’s Eye

 

Abilene Christian

 

EmpowerED

 

Purdue University

 

ARIS

 

MASLO

 

Gamification

 

4) Future

Pebble

 

Augmented Reality

 

Ford Taurus – plant grows

 

MotionX

 

MEMS

 

Pew Internet

 

Student Support

 

Campus Quad

 

UC Berkley – Journalism

 

University of Texas at Austin

 

Think Mobile First

 

Think big but start small

 

emerginged.com

night_capital.JPGTook off for home around 4 PM. Arrived home around midnight after a delay in Philly. Nice to have the opportunity to attend the conference. Glad to learn more and have the opportunity to network with those in the field.

Reflection 07/30/12-08/03/12


Accomplishments:

  • Summer ’12 courses running
    • IST 210
      • Made an adjustment to Assessment for Chapter 15
    • IST 220
      • Received a note from WC about a student who was having issues with VHOL
        • Sent a note to prof and wc helpdesk about checking in with ist helpdesk
        • Asked by prof to send a note to ist helpdesk
        • Sent the note 8/1 to Fulmer, ccing prof and wc helpdesk
    • IST 240
      • Published Final Assessment 7/30
    • Summer ’12 revisions/developments
      • IST 420 (Ocker)
        • Met with Rosalie on Monday 7/9 at 11 AM
          • Rosalie has most of the course built out on paper
          • I will be putting together pdf’s of reading and embedding youtube vids
        • IST 402 (Saab)
      • Madison presentations
        • Met with Gary and Amy on August 3 for photo shoot and practice
          • Practice was good. It provided a better sense of our necessary timing
          • Amy will put together a notes page for us
        • Need to practice for lightning session so that timing is good for the conference
          • I’m right around 10 min
      • Drupal Camp this week – Good session on accessibility and how drupal can be used to make sure that we are adhering to guidelines in an automated way.
      • Advanced Wikispaces prof dev on 8/1
      • Helped on a project for WPSU as acting talent
        • Alot of respect for actors after this
        • Hard to keep up and be natual
      • Fall ’12 Course Prep – mapped out on my outlook calendar courses to work on so that I’m done before we head out to Madison
        • IST 110
          • Sec 001
            • Copied Jan’s Spring ’12 section into the Fall ’12 space
            • Notified Jan, but didn’t receive word about how to proceed
            • Followed up and received request for deadline
              • Provided my thinking and overall schedule
              • We’ll reconvene on 8/15 to see if the 1st section is ready to populate section 002
          • Sec 002
            • Plan is to fix section 001, then copy into section 002
          • Sec 003
            • Copied master course section into the space
            • Met and oriented Marcela to online 110
          • Sec 004 Pearson Pilot
            • No longer a Pearson Pilot
            • Probably will not be used based upon info from Amy S

        • IST 111S
          • Sec 001
            • Still awaiting feedback, but it is set from what I can see
            • Populated and set up the space on 6/11
        • IST 210 Put dates on my calendar for sending notes for roster to IST Helpdesk (1 week b4, end of 1st week, and after drop/add date)
          • Sec 001
            • Contacted Gary about waiting until after the semester to populate 210 for Fall ’12
            • He thought that after the last assessment would work best (backed up to August 17)
            • I placed a task on my calendar to take care of this on August 6 17
            • I updated the course schedule in the development space so that it will be ready to populate the Fall ’12 space
            • Also make assessment adjustments described above
            • Made rubric adjustments and received feedback from Mike
            • Updated the section with unit assessments
            • Gary planned to go over the course schedule before populating the fall sections
          • Sec 002
            • Contacted Mike about which section to copy into his Fall ’12 space
            • Mike replied to say that he’ll look into it since he may want to add something.
        • IST 220 Backed up populating this until Mid July so that Lisa can make necessary adjustments. Received plan from Lisa B about making adjustments to the course. Replied with a plan that cuts down on the activity level. Updated the dev space and sent Lisa a note to finalize this course. Need to create a short screenr for 1st week of the course. Created and awaiting final approval. Sent a note on 8/1 to Lisa and Abbi with Rob cced about progress on fixes for Fall ’12. Put dates on my calendar for sending notes for roster to IST Helpdesk (1 week b4, end of 1st week, and after drop/add date)
          • Sec 001
          • Sec 002
        • IST 230
          • Sec 001
            • We decided that it would be best to let Larry export and import for Fall ’12
        • IST 240
          • Sec 001
            • Contacted Hal about copying Summer ’12 into the current course space
            • He asked for an adjustment to Lesson 05
              • I completed this
            • He would also like to make an adjustment to Assignment 6
              • I replied that I’d like to have it done by Thursday before I leave
              • He let me know this was possible
              • Received several notes on 6/20
              • Confirmed with Hal that all was set
              • He agreed, so I completed populating the space on 6/20 and contacted Hal
        • IST 250 Amy S set up a meeting with Brett and Don for July 12. Made adjustments to the dev space. Received more feedback from Brett that I used to make more updates. Won’t populate space until after the meeting this week. Received more feedback, so awaiting still one more reply before moving forward. Got word from WC that we have a deaf student.
          • Sec 001
            • Completed
          • Sec 002
            • Completed
        • IST 260W
          • Sec 001
            • Contacted Jason about exporting Spring ’12 and importing to make adjustments for Fall ’12
            • He said it was a go, so I completed this course on 6/20
        • IST 302
          • Sec 001
            • Have access to the Fall ’12 space, so plan to populate with Jan’s materials from this summer
              • Sent Jan a note on 7/9
              • She requested that I wait until the end of the semester before populating the space since she is still making adjustments and will be until the end of the semester.
            • Will meet on August 15 to discuss items to change
        • IST 331 – Amy set up a meeting with Martin and Alan on July 12
          • Sec 001 – Completed 7/12
            • He responded and we had a meeting on 6/20 about items to complete
              • Replaced poor quality usability test video
                • Martin watched the current video and prepared a script of items to ask Ravi for the screen cast
                • Martin asked questions to Ravi while screenr is running
                • Since screenr can only record 5 minutes at a time, we gave each section a name describing briefly what is in the video
                • When the screenr’s were completed, Ravi uploaded to youtube and embed the videos into the course
              • We eliminated the team component to Individual Web and Library Information Resource Seeking Paper in Lesson 04
                • Instead this will be more of a peer review activity
              • Moved the course schedule to the Lessons tab
              • Replaced links on the syllabus to point to WC pages for greater stability
              • Eliminatrf the Assignment and Reading Assignment pages from the content to avoid having to edit several places
          • Sec 002 – Completed 7/12
            • Same as section 001 except for instructor info
        • IST 402 SMO
          • Sec 001
            • Copied Spring ’12 space into Rosalie section on 7/16
              • Sent Rosalie a note to do anything else to help with preparations
        • IST 420 –
          • Met with John H on 6/19 to see if everything is okay to proceed
            • We found that we had more to do with the assessments
              • Redo midterm (fix question set names)
                • Need a pool of questions so that we can grab 10 questions from each question pool
                  • Chapter 1
                  • Chapter 3
                  • Chapter 4
                  • Chapter 5
                  • Chapter 6
              • Redo final exam (fix question set names)
                • Need a pool of questions so that we can pull 50 questions (probably 7 from each chapter plus 1 of 8)
                  • Chapter 7
                  • Chapter 8
                  • Chapter 9
                  • Chapter 10
                  • Chapter 11
                  • Chapter 12
                  • Chapter 13
          • John got back to me so I…
            • exported section 1, merged sections 1-3, import materials into merged section
          • Sec 001 (merged)
          • Sec 002 (merged)
          • Sec 003 (merged)
          • Merged section is completed
        • IST 440W Jim would like to have these sections merged. Made adjustments to the section and emailed Jim on 7/31.Responded with some ideas for the gradebook. Got back to him and need to make those adjustments when I get back from Madison
          • Sec 001 (merged)
          • Sec 002 (merged)
          • Merged section
        • IST 495 Still haven’t heard back from Madhavi and Zoe about items to adjust. Uploaded the course into the Fall space and completed with a note to Madhavi if they wanted to make adjustments. Zoe and I made some adjustments that should be good for all.
          • Sec 001 completed

      Ongoing Projects:

      • Updating google spreadsheet for Fall ’12 
      • Still working on the process of replacing links in Fall ’12 spaces for the syllabus
      • Working on Fall ’12 Courses listed above

      Immediate Decisions / Issues:

      • None

      Back Burner:

      • Gaming, Simulations, and Virtual World Research Committee

      Days off / Conferences:

      • July 10 AM Sick time for Dental Appt
      • July 19, 20 LDSC
      • July 25 Vaca time in AM
      • July 30 Drupal
      • August 1 Wikispaces
      • August 2, 3 Acting
      • August 7-10 Madison Conference
      • August 20 Vacation
      • August 21 Vacation
      • Nov 1 AM Sick time for Dental Appt